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ROWE, Francis Godolphin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Darling Point, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. Mark's Crescent Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Consulting engineer/Company secretary |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 11 March 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
| 11 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Francis Godolphin ROWE was born on 27th January 1889 in Sydney, NSW
His parents were (Colonel) Thomas ROWE and Sarah Selina CORNISH who married in 1877
He married Eileen MacDONALD in Sydney in 1916
On his Commonwealth War Graves record his Mothers and Wifes name are incorrect (see link)
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