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FREDERICK JOHN ROWLAND Jnr   

Born in 1907 to a bricklayer, Frederick John Rowland Snr & his wife Mary Wood, the second of 4 children, being 2 boys & 2 girls, they resided in Alsager Cheshire UK until 1921, when after the passing of his mother at the young age of 32, leaving their father with 4 children to care for, Snr packed up his family, left his parents & brother behind, boarded the vessel “Baradine” departing for new horizons, arriving in Sydney October 1922, their ages were 16,15,14,11. Immigration records lists Snr as a bricklayer with 2 trainees – his sons, daughters as scholars.

It appears they settled in the Seven Hills area of western Sydney, remaining there, when some 6 years later Snr remarried, by this time both sons had moved on with their lives.

FJR Jnr however did not pursue the bricky line of work, while he did seem to possess a firm knowledge of the building industry; he did take on other handyman type work, was once listed as a farmer? residing in the Hammondville area of western Sydney, with his family now increased to 3, 2 girls & a son, it appears they left the outer western suburbs for Campsie, inner west suburbs Sydney NSW, where he & his family resided until the passing of his wife in 1978, he lived for a short time with his daughter, before taking up residence at the RSL home in Narrabeen Sydney until his passing in 1989.

It is said he enlisted in the Army 1939 WW2, age 28 was posted to Papua New Guinea however, unable to locate any further information on his Battalion/duty there, he is a veteran returned, his 4th child a son was born in 1945, records indicate he was discharged 1949;

Father of 4, Grandfather of 17, Great Grandfather of 29.