LOWE, James Rupert
| Service Number: | 16364 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 14 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Cancer, Kew, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1983, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Newmarket Baptist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 16364, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 16364, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
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Recommendation for Military Medal
16564 Sapper James Rupert Lowe, 5th Aust Div Signal Co
For courage and devotion to duty. On the 26th April 1918, this man, with another, was detailed to lay a line forward from Brigade Headquarters to the 59th Battalion at VILLERS BRETONNEUX. Whilst he was engaged upon this work the enemy placed a heavy barrage in the valley in the rear of the town. He displayed great courage in persevering with his task and reached the Battalion through the barrage. The heavy shelling which was taking place made it impossible to maintain the line. He then salved a quantity of cable which enabled him to lay a line along a different route and establish necessary communication. This line held through the operations. It was entirely due to his courage, devotion to duty, and the example which he set, that this was accomplished.
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