ROWE, Reginald Lewis
| Service Number: | 2257 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builders Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row B, Grave 28 Chaplain Rev. A.E. Talbot officiated, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2257, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2257, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2257, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2257, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2257 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 | |
| 5 Aug 2015: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address given at the time of enlistment was Waratah Street, Enfield, NSW
Brother of Walter Henry Rowe of Beecroft, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Rowe left Australia 16 June 1915, joined his battalion on August 4 1915 at Gallipoli and died a few days later. The 4th Battalion led the charge at Lone Pine on August 6th that was a fierce and bloody encounter at the cost of many Australian and Turkish lives; Rowe was one of those killed.
Biography
Reginald Lewis Rowe was the son of
Henry Ernest Rowe &
Mary Emma Fussell
He had 9 siblings.
Upon Enlistment he gave his occupation as a Builders Clerk.
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