Guy Walter ROWDER

ROWDER, Guy Walter

    Service Number: 181
    Enlisted: 20 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick SA
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
    Born: London, England, 1886
    Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Engineer
    Died: Died of wounds - bomb wound to the head, At sea on board HS Nevassa, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 November 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Panel 67 Rev. C. Cole Hamilton officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 181, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick SA
    31 May 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 181, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    31 May 1915: Embarked Sergeant, 181, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
    31 Oct 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 181, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound to the head and died at sea

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    At the time of enlistment his address was C/- Ralph Krantz, Oxide Street, Broken Hill, NSW

    Son of Emily Rowder of 177 Fern Park Road, Harnesey, London, England

    Husband of Catherine Maude Rowder nee Eyre of Proprietary Lease, Broken Hill. Guy and Catherine were married on 29 May 1915 at the Church of England Tent, Mitcham Camp, SA

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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