Rowland Harry OVERTON

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Service Number:	6060
Enlisted:	29 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dorchester, England, 23 March 1896
Home Town:	Jeeralang, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1983, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mornington Public Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

29 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6060, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 6060, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 6060, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
19 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion
31 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 39th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right ankle. Embarked for England on 2 September 1918
8 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Alfred Overton amd Mabel Eliza Overton nee Vince of Fernthorpe Road, Streatham, London, England

Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- M Beale, Jeeralang, Morwell, Gippsland, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 31 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Rowland married Elizabeth Victoria Harvey