ROWE, Archibald John
| Service Number: | 6429 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenorchy Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Currie King Island Great War Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6429, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6429, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
A Boy From Glenorchy, Victoria
Archibald "Archie" Rowe was the second son of William Rowe and Mary Anne Elizabeth Manning. There were six children born to the couple and they were all born in Glenorchy, a town in the Wimmera district of Victoria. His father died in Glenorchy in 1911 at 58 years. Archie worked as a baker and enlisted in the Army on 16 Oct 1916 when he was 31 years old.
After his death at Ypres in 1917 the following was inserted in The Horsham Times, Tuesday 4 December 1917
ROWE - Killed in action October 4th,1917, No. 6429, Pte. A. J. Rowe (Archie), aged 32 years, second eldest son of Mrs. Rowe and the late William Rowe, of Wal Wal. My boy, my Archie. -- Mother.
The family were devastated and in the following year and for many years to come his mother inserted a memoriam notice in The Horsham Times.
Submitted 21 February 2021 by Peter Sunners
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rowe, Wal Wal, Victoria, and the late William.
ROWE.-In loving memory of our dearly loved son and brother, Pte. Archibald John Rowe (Archie), who was killed in action in France, October 4, 1917.
No morning dawns, no night returns,
But what I think of you. my son.
Mother.
-Inserted by his sorrowing mother, brothers and sisters, Wal Wal, Brimpaen and Casterton.
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