ROWLANDS, Thomas Grange
| Service Number: | 3479 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | East Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, Maudlin Street Section, 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, England , United Kingdom, 8 February 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England Screen Wall Panel 3 & Memorial Stone 6. 703 |
| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brown Hill Queen Street State School No 1998 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3479, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3479, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3479, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3479, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock - At Pozieres the shelling was extremely heavy | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3479, 14th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), GSW to right thigh and leg | |
| 14 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 8 Feb 1919: | Involvement Private, 3479, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3479 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-02-08 |
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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 February…… Private Thomas Grange Rowlands was born at East Ballarat, Victoria in 1894. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 13th July, 1915 as a 21 year old, single, Saddler from Ballarat East, Victoria.
Private Thomas Grange Rowlands, Service Number 3479, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Nestor (A71) on 11th October, 1915 with the 4th Infantry Brigade, 14th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements.
He joined 14th Battalion at Ismailia on 4th February, 1916.
On 9th February, 1916 he was admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance then transferred to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital at Ismailia. He was transferred to No. 4 Hospital Train & admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital at Cairo on 10th February, 1916 with V.D. Private Rowlands was discharged to duty on 14th March, 1916.
Private Rowlands joined Overseas Base at Ghezireh on 15th March, 1916 then reported at Australian Details at Zeitoun on 25th March, 1916. He rejoined his Unit at Serapeum on 4th April, 1916.
He was absent from 6 am to 6pm on 1st May, 1916 while posted at Serapeum. He was awarded 7 days Confined to Barracks & forfeited 1 days’ pay. He was also absent from 3 am Parade while posted as Serapeum on 26th May, 1916. He was awarded 4 days Confined to Barracks.
On 1st June, 1916 Private Rowlands proceeded to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on Transylvania. He disembarked from Marseilles, France on 8th June, 1916.
Private Thomas Grange Rowlands was wounded in action in France on 9th August, 1916 at Pozieres. He was admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance on 9th August, 1916 then was transferred & admitted to 14th Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, France on 10th August, 1916 suffering from Shell Shock (mild). Private Rowlands was transferred & admitted to 1st Convalescent Depot at Boulogne (no date recorded) then transferred to No. 5 Convalescent Depot on 17th August, 1916.
He reported to Base Details at Etaples, France on 23rd August, 1916 then was transferred to 4th A.D.B. (Australian Divisional Base) Depot on 24th August, 1916. He proceeded to his Unit on 20th September, 1916 & rejoined 14th Battalion in the Field in France on 22nd September, 1916.
Private Thomas Grange Rowlands was wounded in action (2nd occasion) in France on 11th April, 1917 at Noreuil. He was admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance on 11th April, 1917 with bullet wounds to thigh, leg & right foot. Private Rowlands was transferred & admitted to 6th General Hospital on 13th April, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wounds) to legs & feet. He was transferred to England from Rouen, France on 19th April, 1917 on Hospital Ship St. George with multiple GSW.
He was admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England on 20th April, 1917. He was discharged to furlough on 6th June, 1917 & was then to report to Perham Downs.
On 21st June, 1917 Private Rowlands was marched in to No. 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England.
He was admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, Wiltshire on 26th June, 1917 with V.D. He was discharged on 7th September, 1917 after a total V.D. period of 74 days. Private Rowlands was marched in to Convalescent Training Depot on 7th September, 1917 then marched in to No. 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs on 15th September, 1917.
Private Rowlands was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire on 18th October, 1917.
He was transferred to Machine Gun Corps Details at Grantham on 29th October, 1917 from Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire. He was taken on strength of Machine Gun Corps Details on 29th October, 1917 from 14th Battalion.
On 20th March, 1918 Private Rowlands was written up for an Offence at Belton Park – Conduct to the prejudice of good order & Military discipline in that he was gambling after lights out. He was awarded 10 days Field Punishment No. 2.
Private Thomas Grange Rowlands was medically classified as A3 (medically & dentally fit) on 4th April, 1918. He proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone from Grantham on 15th April, 1918. He was marched in to M.G.C.B.D. (Machine Gun Corps Base Depot) at Camiers, France on 15th April, 1918. Private Rowlands was marched out to 4th Machine Gun Battalion from Camiers on 21st April, 1918 & was taken on strength of 4th Machine Gun Battalion on 21st April, 1918 from Machine Gun Reinforcements & previously 14th Battalion.
He was reported to be with his Unit on 7th November, 1918. (This was usually noted after a period of time showing no movements of the soldier)
On 27th January, 1919 Private Rowlands was marched in from his Unit to A.G.B .D. (Australian General Base Depot) at Havre, France ready for transfer to England. He was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire on 29th January, 1919 from France.
He was sent sick to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, England on 4th February, 1919. He was admitted with Influenza & was reported as dangerously ill on 4th February, 1919.
Private Thomas Grange Rowlands died at 2.35 am on 8th February, 1919 at Maudlin Street Section, 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, England from Broncho Pneumonia.
He was buried on 11th February, 1919 in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England where 21 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located. His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/arnos-vale.html
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