ROWLAND, Henry Herbert
| Service Numbers: | 1181, 1131 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Homebush, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, 8 May 1915, aged 26 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Avoca & Lexton District Roll of Honor, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Homebush Honor Roll, Mildura Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1181, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1181, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1181, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1131, 8th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Jane Rowland, of I, Pine Avenue, Mildura Victoria, Australia, and the late John Rowland
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
First reported wounded and missing at Krithia, Gallipoli 8 May 1915. Confirmed killed in action 8 May 1915 by a Court of Enquiry held in May 1916. Age 26. Hailed from Homebush,which was a small gold mining town about 10 kilometres from Avoca in central Victoria.
His brother 1877 Private Wesley Richard Rowland 31st Battalion AIF was killed in action at Fromelles 21 July 1916, age 24. (Recorded as Rowlands on the AWM Roll of Honour)
A third brother, the youngest, VX24175 Private Lindsay Ebenezer Rowland 2/22nd Battalion AIF died as POW at sea 1 July 1942, (Montevideo Maru) age 42, during the Second World War.