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ROWLEY, Robert Rowland

Service Number:	8726
Enlisted:	18 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Field Ambulance
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1895
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chemist's Assistant
Died:	Natural causes, Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1973, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Wollongong City Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New, South Wales War Wall L
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World War 1 Service

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8726
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 8726, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 8726, 1st Field Ambulance, RMS Osterley, Sydney
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 8726, 7th Field Ambulance, Bullecourt (Second), GSW face
6 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), For exceptionally good work at the R.A.P. of the 21st Battalion east of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917, rendering first aid to wounded and carrying them to posts of safety under heavy enemy shell fire and machine gun fire regardless of personal safety. He was finally wounded while attending to a wounded man.
16 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Field Ambulance
3 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8726, 7th Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days", Templeux-le-Guerard, GSW left arm.
21 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal and bar, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, During the Infantry attack on the early morning of 4 July 1918 north east of Villers Bretonneux this N.C.O. was in charge of a bearer squad posted in the battle R.A.P. As soon as the first stretoher case was located he immediately got his squad together and carried him across coumtry in the semi- darkness through the enemy barrage to the relay post. This first carry constituted a difficult and dangerous reconnaissance through crops and barbed wire and it immediately established a good route baok for the remaining squads. This case left the R.A.P. at zero plus 20 minutes. Within one and a half hours L/Cpl. Rowley and his party carried 10 stretcher cases from this R.A.P. His leadership and bravery were remarkable.
31 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8726, 7th Field Ambulance

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