ROWLEY-COLLIER, Frederick
| Service Number: | 4096 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 12 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery Plot VII, Row E, Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers KIA Honour Roll, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4096, 30th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4096, 30th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4096, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Stephen Bolton and Susannah Prout COLLIER; husband of Mrs. A. G. ROWLEY-COLLIER, of 172, Piper St., Bathurst, New South Wales.
Member of the Rose of Sharon 116 Lodge
News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Collier, of the Plumpton Public School, that their third son, Frederick Rowley Collier, was killed in action in France on 13th October, 1917. Prior to enlisting he had charge of the public school at Aberglessyn, West Maitland. His brother Leslie was killed at Armetieres (France) in July, 1916, whild his eldest brother, Steve, is now on active service in France. Deceased (31 years of age) leaves a widow and one child, who, at the present time, are residing at 'Harbor View', 51 Vernon Street, Woollahara.
The deceased soldier held the rank of Lieutenant in the local cadet forces up to the time he enlisted. He is the fifth officer of the West Maitland cadets to be killed in the war.
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