Roy ROWLAND

ROWLAND, Roy

    Service Number: 2196
    Enlisted: 11 January 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Willunga, South Australia , 19 September 1895
    Home Town: Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia
    Schooling: Willunga High School, South Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Adelaide South Australia, 26 December 1951, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Memorials: Willunga Cheer Up Society Pictorial Honour Board
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    11 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2196
    13 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 2196, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
    13 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 2196, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
    6 Dec 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2196, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Suffered Burns to his face and admitted to 6th Australian General Hospital
    21 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2196, 5th Pioneer Battalion

    Help us honour Roy Rowland's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography


    Mother, Mrs Rebecca Rowlands, Willunga, South Australia - Embarked from Adelaide, South Australia aboard HMAT Seang Bee - 13 July 1916

     

     

    Biography contributed by Peter Cates

    Roy Rowland was unmarried and living in Willunga when he enlisted at Adelaide . He was 20 yrs old with a fresh complexion, brown eyes and dark brownhair. He weighed 139lbs (63kg) and was 5"6" (168cm) tall.

    In 1921 Roy married Alice Sybil Greenfield. They resided at Fullarton where he died on 27 Decemebr 1951 aged 56.

    Excerts from the book: "A Picture of Fortitude" with approval by Willunga Recreation Park

    Showing 2 of 2 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents