John LOWRIE

LOWRIE, John

Service Number: 5419
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Urlingford County Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Mooloolah, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 3 September 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 7A INSCRIPTION MAY THE LORD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL , Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooloolah, Glenview & Highlands WW1 Honour Board, Mooloolah, Glenview and Highlands Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5419, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5419, 9th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

9th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement, .Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Place of birth-Urlingford County Kilkenny, Ireland

Australian soldier, Private Joseph William Leahy-Service Number 1051-Killed in Action  09/04/1917- Lagnicourt, France-11th Battalion, C Company, .Australian Infantry, A.I.F., was also born here. Both are honoured on the Kilkenny Great War Memorial, Kilkenny Peace Park.

He was 38 and the son of James and Maria Lowrie, of Mooloolah, North Coast Line, Queensland.

Enlistment date-10 January 1916
Place of enlistment-Brisbane, Queensland.

Age at embarkation-36.

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916

 

 

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