LOWTH, Richard Donald
| Service Number: | 972 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australi, 16 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Fall -workplace accident, State Mine, Collinsville, Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1936, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Collinsville Cemetery, Queensland Plot 130 |
| Memorials: | Townsville Grammar School WWI Honour Board, Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour, Townsville West State School Memorial Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 972, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 972, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 972, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas LOWTH and Margaret Elizabeth nee SMITH, Lowth's Hotel, Townsville, Qld.
Collinsville Fatality.
A fatal accident occurred at the State Mine, Collinsville, on Saturday at 2.30 a.m., when Richard Donald Lowth, aged 44 years, who was working on the boilers, fell from a staging and succumbed to his injuries shortly afterwards. The deceased was a returned soldier and ex-railwayman, and had been working at the mine several years. The funeral left the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday morning and was attended by returned soldiers and workmates of the deceased, who followed the cortege on foot. Deceased leaves a wife and two young children to mourn their tragic loss.
LOWTH, Richard Donald.—Accidentally killed at Collinsville, August 22nd, beloved Husband of Christina Ross (Fardon) and Father of Don and Peter.