14th Battalion
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Hugh Bowes (SN 3251) born at Ballarat, was a 41 year old labourer when he enlisted at Ballarat on July 7th 1915. Posted to the 8th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Nestor on October 11th and sailed to Egypt. He reached the battle front in France in April 1916 and served there until March 1917 when a problem with his right arm forced his evacuation. The problem persisted and he was returned to Australia aboard the Persic. He disembarked at Melbourne on February 12th 1918 and was discharged on March 19th ‘medically unfit, neuritis right arm’.
