LOWE  E.

Given Names:  Edward

               

Service Number:  3844

Unit:  8th Battalion, 12th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  26 Yrs   

Occupation:  Plasterer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5¾ In                  

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  35¼-36¼ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  16/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Mary Lowe

75 Cobden Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  23/11/1915

Port:  Adelaide 

Ship:  HMAT Ceramic A40

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Demosthenes                                   

Embarked:  6/1/1919                                 

Disembarked:  2/3/1919

Unit:  8th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  21/5/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Awarded

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Thomas LOWE                           

Mother:  Mary GREEN

 

MARRIAGE

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Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 22/7/1968                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 25/7/1916; gun shot wound, back

Wounded in action 20/9/1917; gun shot wound, right foot

Wounded in action 25/8/1918; gassed

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary