Stephen George LOWE MM

LOWE, Stephen George

Service Number: 270
Enlisted: 4 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, 1877
Home Town: North Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Natural causes, Heidelberg Repat Hospital, Victoria, 5 July 1924
Cemetery: Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
Methodist O Grave 66
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World War 1 Service

4 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 270, Melbourne, Victoria
25 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 270, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 270, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
27 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 270, 17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

"...270 Private (Pte) Stephen George Lowe, 19th Battalion, of North Brighton, Vic. Pte Lowe, a butcher by trade, enlisted on 4 March 1915 and was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 21 October 1918..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

"LOWE.- On the 5th July, at Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, George Stephen (A.I.F.), loved eldest son of the late G. R. Lowe and Mrs. Lowe, 1A William street, Brighton. (Privately interred Brighton Cemetery, 5th July.)" - from the Melbourne Argus 07 Jul 1924 (nla.gov.au)

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