Rowley Victor UPHAM

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Service Number:	6387
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Produce Dealer
Died:	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Gulgong District Soliders Memorial, Gulgong Public School Honour Roll, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor

11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6387, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6387, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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Son of John Thomas Upham and Elizabeth Upham of Medley Street, Gulgong, NSW.

30 October 1916 - enlisted at Sydney with the 19th Battalion and with the rank of Private

Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 13 May 1918

19 November 1917 - admitted to hospital suffering from gas poisoning

10 July 1918 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Bronshitis caused by gas poisoning

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Rowley married Ella M.J. Bishop in Ashfield, NSW