Sidney Charles ROWLEY MID

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ROWLEY, Sidney Charles

Service Number:	H1258
Enlisted:	14 June 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2
Born:	Birmingham, England, 9 February 1919
Home Town:	Deviot, West Tamar, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, 6 January 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrick Memorial Wall Honour Roll, HMAS Australia (Honour Roll), Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

World War 2 Service

14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, H1258, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, H1258
15 Jun 1940:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, H1258, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
6 Jan 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, H1258, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2
11 May 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, RAN Operations SW Pacific 1944-45 - "Lleyte 1944 / Lingayen Gulf 1945", Honours & Awards: 11/05/1945, (M.I.D) Mention in Despatches; as per stated - Gallantry, skill and devotion of assault operations; Campaign: Lingayen Gulf, Phillippines; (AWM) Honours & Awards.

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Biography

Mentioned in Despatches (posthumously) for Gallantry, Skill and Devotion.

"By 5 January 1945 she was back in action in the Lingayen Gulf covering the allied invasion of Luzon Island. Here she was subjected to repeated suicide attacks, this time there was no doubt of the Kamikaze nature of the Japanese planes. Australia (II) was hit on 5, 6, 8 and 9 January, losing 3 officers and 41 ratings killed and 1 officer and 68 ratings wounded. This was the ship’s last action in World War II..." - READ MORE LINK (www.navy.gov.au)

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