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NOWLAND, Claude Loftus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7826 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1915, Place of enlistment - National Parks, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Warrah Ridge, Quirindi New South Wales, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Quirindi, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Stock and Station Agent |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Hargicourt, west of Bellicourt France, 29 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery Plot I, Row A, Grave 8 Headstone Inscription "HE FOUGHT A NOBLE FIGHT WITH US HIS MEMORY EVER LIVES", Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Templeux-le-Guerard, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 7826, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Place of enlistment - National Parks, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 7826, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Bulla | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 7826, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7826 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-09-29 | |
| 17 Jun 1919: |
Honoured
Military Medal, Sergeant Claude Loftus NOWLAND 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the morning of the 29th September 1918 at HARGICOURT, West of Bellicourt. Sergeant NOWLAND was in charge of a gun on the left flank of the Battery which was consistenly under a very heavy enemy bombardment from the North East. Just before Zero Hour the Camourflage covering his Gun was set alight by an enemy shell, this N.C.O. went alone and extinguished the fire thus saving a large quantity of ammunition stacked ready to fire in our Barrage. He ran great danger from enemy shell-fire and from an explosion of his own ammunition. Throughout the whole of our Barrage and under enemy shell-fire the whole time he carried out his duties in a most excellent manner, setting a fine example of courage to his men until he was eventually dangerously wounded. This N.C.O. died of wounds on 29th September 1918.' Brigadier General Commanding 2nd Aust. Div. Arty. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of George and Alice Blanche NOWLAND. Born at Quirindi, New South Wales.