ROWLEY, Percival Robert Lancelot
| Service Number: | 3870 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Myponga, South Australia, 11 November 1885 |
| Home Town: | Geranium, Southern Mallee, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Myponga Public School and Blackwood Gully Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 March 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot II, Row H, Grave no. 21 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geranium War Memorial, Kangarilla War Memorial, Meadows War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3870, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3870, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3870, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide | |
| 22 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3870, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Percival Robert Lancelot ROWLEY was born on 11th November, 1885 in Myponga, South Australia
His parents were George ROWLEY and Jane Ann SIMS
He enlisted in Adelaide on 19th May, 1916 & embarked with the 32nd Infantry Battalion, 9th Reinforcements (D Company) on the ship HMAT Commonwealth on the 21st September, 1916
Percival was Killed iN Action by a shell in Belgium on 22nd March, 1918 - he is buried in Kandahar Farm Cemetery in Belgium and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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His brother 1078 Stanley Thomas ROWLEY (/explore/people/795655) also joined up for WW1 and died on 5th June, 1916
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