LOWRIE, Bertie Douglas
| Service Number: | 2187 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cape Colony, South Africa, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Grey College, Orange Free State, South Africa |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" He was originally buried by the 23rd Battalion but his grave could not be relocated , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2187, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2187, 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, 2187, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years
Son of Henry Hagle Lowrie of 37 Kings Court Road, Stratham, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
While lving in South Africa he was employed with the South African Railways and fitting shops for 4 years
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Bertie Lowrie was one of the 155 men of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21st July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training.
They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915.
Bertie was killed in action a few days late during the attack on Lone Pine.