Oswald Robert ROWE

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Service Number:	560
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Died of wounds - wounds to the shoulder, arms and legs, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 November 1915
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row F, Grave 11 Chaplain W.C. Dexter officiated Headstone inscription reads: Greater hath no man, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 560, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 560, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 560, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
23 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
5 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 560, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 560 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-05

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Son of George Robert and Martha Jane Rowe of 196 Australia Street, Camperdown, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal,Victory Medal