Ernest Fitzroy (Ern) ROWLEY

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ROWLEY, Ernest Fitzroy

Service Number:	843
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burslem, Staffordshire, England, June 1882
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Granville Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Patternmaker and Catechist
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row A, Grave 25 Chaplain J. Gleeson officiated.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows, Granville War Memorial

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 843, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 843, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 843, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 843, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 843, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James and Mary Ellen Rowley of 'Fitzroy', Sydney View Parade, Guilford, NSW formerly of Boundary Street, Parramatta, NSW. Brother of Richard Crampton Rowley who was killed in action on 30 April 1917 while serving with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade and Florence Ann Wright nee Rowley

LATE PTE. E. F. ROWLEY.
Formerly lay reader at St. Stephen 's Church, Portland, killed in the Dardanelles on May 22. He was 33 years of age, and before going to Gulgong, with the intention of entering the church, was employed at the Portland cement works. He was universally respected.

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