ROWLES, Giles Victor
| Service Number: | 1402 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 October 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hollinfare, Cheshire, England, 1 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Hollinfare Church School |
| Occupation: | Shipping clerk/Sailor |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 August 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea, 2 miles off Mudros harbour, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1402, Melbourne, Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1402, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1402, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1402, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1402, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW (multiple) | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1402, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
Did Anyone Know (Giles) Victor Rowles, 14th Battalion AIF, Private no 1420
There are mysteries here. How did my 18-year old English great uncle come to enlist with the 14th Battalion AIF in October 1914? His records say he was a sailor. But the last record of him on English soil is in 1911, when he is living with an aunt in Cardiff, and working at a shipping brokers as a junior clerk. He is fifteen years old, and both his parents are dead. When he appears again in the military records he has changed his name.
I have been searching for more information about him, and especially during the time from his enlistment in October 1914, to his death at Gallipoli in August 1915.
http://tishfarrell.com/2014/08/08/did-anyone-know-private-victor-rowles-1896-1915/
Submitted 1 May 2015 by Tish Farrell
Biography
My Great Uncle Giles (Victor) Rowles left little trace of himself on this earth. There is only this childhood photograph inside my great grandmother’s locket. For one thing he lived so briefly. Nineteen years. For another, he does not even have a grave. He was dropped from a hospital ship into the Mediterranean, two miles east of Mudros Harbour off the island of Lemnos. This happened around 10pm on the 10th August 1915 two days after admission. I know this only from the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) records that the Australian National Archives have posted on the internet. I thank them for their dedication and care in making these records so freely available... READ MORE HERE (tishfarrell.com)
Hometown: Cardiff, Wales
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