ROWLAND, Ivor
| Service Number: | 2391 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gindie, Central Highlands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lengthsman |
| Died: | War Related , Weymouth Hospital, Dorset, England, 8 July 1929 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Clermont All Saint's Parish Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2391, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2391, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 6 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, At Pont-de Nieppe, Nieppe, France, GSW left forearm, left leg, compound fracture of ulna. | |
| 26 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 42nd Infantry Battalion, 1st MD, due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 8th July ....Today’s story is not about my usual soldier who died between 1914 & 1919…. I have no new research for today’s date to tell but this soldier has been included on the website where my research is found – he died on 8th July 1929 & because I don’t have any other stories – I will tell his………
Ivor Rowland was born in 1895 Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England. He was a passenger on the “Perthshire” which departed from London on 18th October, 1913 bound for Brisbane Queensland. Ivor was aged 18 & had contracted to land at the port of Rockhampton, Queensland.
Ivor Rowland enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd June, 1916 as a 22 year old Queensland Railway employee from Gindi, Springsure Line, Queensland. His next of kin was listed as his father – Mr Matthias Rowland, of “The Beeches” Hazelbury Bryan, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England.
Private Ivor Rowland embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on HMAT Boonah (A36) on 21st October, 1916 with 42nd Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th January, 1917. He was posted to 11th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire on 10th January, 1917 where he would receive further training before being sent to the War Front.
Private Rowland arrived in France on 10th May, 1917 & joined 42nd Battalion in France on 22nd May, 1917.
Private Ivor Rowland was wounded in action in France on 6th June, 1917. The 42nd Battalion were at Pont-de Nieppe on 6th June, 1917 with 3 soldiers killed & 22 wounded. He was admitted to Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to arm & leg, transferred & admitted to Hospital at Camiers, France then embarked for England on Hospital Ship on 17th June, 1917.
Private Rowland was admitted to Horton (County of London) War Hospital, Epsom on 17th June, 1917 with gunshot wounds to left arm & left leg –severe. He was transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England on 5th July, 1917.
A Medical Report was completed on Pte Ivor Rowland on 17th July, 1917 into his disability – gunshot wounds to left forearm & left leg & compound comminuted fracture of ulna. The Medical Board found that Private Rowland was Temporarily Unfit for General & Home Service for 6 months.
Private Ivor Rowland returned to Australia & embarked from England on 10th September, 1917. He was admitted to 6th Australian General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 15th November, 1917. He was under medical treatment from 15th November, 1917 to 15th January, 1918. Private Rowland was discharged from Hospital on 26th January, 1918.
Private Ivor Rowland was medically discharged from Australian Imperial Force on 26th January, 1918 due to gunshot wounds to left forearm, left leg, compound fracture of ulna.
A War Pension was granted to Private Rowland in the sum of £3 per fortnight from 27th January, 1918.
Ivan Rowland returned to work with the Queensland Railways as a Fettler for Maintenance Branch, Central Division, Emerald, Queensland.
Ivor Rowland was given a Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan for the years 1921 -1925. The 1928 (Sands) New South Wales Directory lists Ivor Rowland, Old Bonalbo owning pastoral land as part of Casino Pastures Protection Board.
According to a newspaper report on his death – Ivor Rowland returned to England for a holiday, arriving at Southampton on 6th June, 1929. He had been “been medically attended, and whilst in England he was advised to undergo an operation, which took place at the Weymouth Hospital on July 5th.”
Ivor Rowland died on 8th July, 1929 at Weymouth Hospital, Dorset, England following an operation. He was buried on 11th July, 1929 in Churchyard of St. Mary & St. James Church, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset, England & is named on the Family Headstone.
Ivor Rowland is not commemorated on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia as his death occurred after the specified period on 4th August, 1914 to 31st March, 1921. He is not named on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – the applicable period of consideration being 4th August, 1914 to 31st August, 1921.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/hazelbury-bryan.html
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