ROWBOTHAM, Louis Gordon Tackey
| Service Number: | 1911 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Roma, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Staffordshire, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 June 1981 |
| Cemetery: |
Cleveland Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1911, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Roma, Queensland | |
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| 22 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1911, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1911, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boonah, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 29 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1911, Bullet wound to chest | |
| 1 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Louis Gordon Tackey ROWBOTHAM was born in 1889 in Staffordshire, England - his birth was registered in Stoke upon Trent
He was also known as Lewis Gordon Thackeray ROWBOTHAM on some records
His parents were Edwin ROWBOTHAM and Frances ROBERTS who married in 1881 at Stoke upon Trent
He enlisted in Roma, Queensland on 17th August, 1915 and embarked from Sydney as a Private with the 1st Light Horse Regiment , 13th Reinforcements on the ship HMAT Boonah on 22nd January, 1916
Louis was wounded in Action on 29th June, 1918 with a bullet wound to his chest and sent to the Northampton War Hospital - later he was invalided home as medically unfit - he returned to Australia on 6th September, 1919 on the ship Berrima and disembarked in Sydney on 8th November, 1919 on his way to Brisbane
He was discharged on 1st January, 1920 in Brisbane
He had married Sarah Elizabeth WHITEHEAD on 1st March, 1919 in Bolton, England at the Unitarian Free Church in Horwich - Sarah came to Australia but in 1930 Louis petitioned for divorce on the grounds of desertion - he was then working as an Orchardist - later he married again to Alice Mary SKILTON who died in 1965 aged 57 years
Louis died on 19th June, 1981 and is buried in the Cleveland Cemetery in Queensland along with his 2nd wife Alice Mary
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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