ROWE, Stanley
| Service Number: | 2788 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1915, Enlisted Sydney NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia , 1895 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Camperdown Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Suzanne Communal Cemetery Extension Row B, Grave No. 23. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2788, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted Sydney NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 2788, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 2788, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of George Robert and Jane Rowe, of 196, Australia St., Camperdown, New South Wales.
THY WILL BE DONE
Stanley Rowe was the son of George Robert and Jane Rowe, of Camperdown, New South Wales. His full name was Albert Stanley Rowe but he enlisted and served as Stanley Rowe.
His older brother, 560 Sergeant Oswald Robert Rowe 1st Battalion AIF, died of wounds at Gallipoli on 5 November 1915, aged 24.
Stanley served with the 7th Field Company Engineers for over two and a half years. He was mortally wounded on 1 September 1918 and died of wounds the same day after both his legs were amputated in the 9th Australian Field Ambulance. He was buried in the Suzanne Communal Cemetery. He left a will in favour of his mother, Jane Rowe.
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