William Henry ROWSELL

ROWSELL, William Henry

    Service Number: 595
    Enlisted: 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, 1889
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tram Conductor
    Died: Died of wounds - head, 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 17 August 1915
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
    Row K, Grave 7, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, North Sydney Tramways Pictorial Honour Roll, Port Macquarie Cenotaph, Telegraph Point Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 595, Enlisted at Randwick
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 595, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 595, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
    11 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 595, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe gunshot wound to the head

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of G H and Mary Jane Rowsell of Telegraph Point, Port Macquarie, NSW

    PRIVATE WILLIAM HENRY ROWSELL
    Private W. H. Rowsell (reported died of wounds) was 21 years of age and was born at Telegraph Point. He was a son of Geo. H. Rowsell who now resides in Kempsey. Private Rowsell went away with the 1st Battalion, and was in the employ of the Tramway service on the North Sydney lines.

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