LOWE, Albert Ernest
| Service Number: | 526 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soap Packer |
| Died: | Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cassia - site expired |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 526, 31st Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 526, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 526, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander LOWE and Magdalene nee CRAIG, 27 Bloomsbury Street, Geelong, Vic.
Husband of Laura Frances LOWE nee SWAN
Embarked from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Wounded in action, 20 July 1916 (gun shot wound, neck); rejoined Bn, 30 October 1916.
On leave to England, 16 January 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 6 February 1917.
Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 9 April 1917 (septic leg); rejoined unit, 30 April 1917.
Appointed Lance Corporal, 11 June 1917.
Proceeded to 8th Training Bn and placed on supernumerary list, 28 September 1917. Promoted Corporal, 1 October 1917. Retransferred to 31st Bn, and proceeded overseas to France, 1 May 1918. Promoted Temporary Sergeant, 15 October 1918.
Commenced return to Australia on board 'Devanah', 8 May 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 23 June 1919; discharged, 15 August 1919.