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ROWSELL, Alfred John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5213 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1916, Ballarat |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria. Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Anzac Ridge, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5213, 8th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5213, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5213, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
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