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ROWSELL, William Henry
Service Number: | 595 |
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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, Egypt 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 |
World War 1 Service
22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 595, Enlisted at Randwick | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.