Ernest Victor ROWE

ROWE, Ernest Victor

    Service Number: 4589
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Long Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Long Gully State School No. 2120, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Killed in Action, Chuignes, France, 23 August 1918
    Cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France
    Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. II.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    28 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    18 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Shell shock. Evacuated to No. 1 Anzac Rest Station (France). Rejoined unit 22 August 1916.
    15 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Lagnicourt
    20 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    14 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
    9 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Lihons
    23 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 6th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Chuignes

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Pte 4589 Ernest Victor Rowe was killed in action on 23 August 1918 during the 1st Division's advance against Chuignes, France as part of the continuing actions following the 8 August 1918 Amiens offensive.

    Parents: Ernest and Elizabeth ROWE, St. Just Point, Long Gully, Victoria

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