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ROWE, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2660 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill hand |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 11. THE BEST OF BROTHERS & A LOVING UNCLE SADLY MISSED |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2660, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2660, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2660, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2660, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2660 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frank Rowe was the son of James Henry and Lavinia Rowe, and a native of of Burton-on-Trent, England. He had come out to Western Australia during 1913. His parents were both deceased when he died and he had a brother, James Henry Rowe, living in Boulder, Western Australia, who received his medals and an identity disc which were recovered from Frank Rowe’s remains when his body was discovered by the Imperial War Graves Commission during 1919.