ROWLANDS J.D.
Given Names: James Dixon
Service Number: 2208
Unit: 24th Battalion, 4th reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number: 95658
Age: 20 Yrs 6 Mths
Occupation: Clerk (Victorian Civil Service)
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 7 In
Weight: 131 Lbs
Chest: 31-33½ In
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Medium
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 14/7/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Rev Lewis Jones Rowlands
40 Disraeli Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 27/9/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
END OF WAR
Status: Killed in action
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Unit: 24th Battalion
Rank: Corporal
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 19513
British War Medal: 19534
Victory Medal: 19462
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BIRTH
Date or Year: 1895
Place: Hawthorn, Victoria
Father: Lewis Jones ROWLANDS
Mother: Annie DIXON
MARRIAGE
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DEATH
Date or Year: 5/10/1918
Place: Montbrehain, France
Burial: Calvaire Cemetery, Montbrehain, France
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded at Poziers in 1916
Wounded in action 5/8/1916; shrapnel wound, back and fractured jaw
Killed by a machine gun bullet through the forehead, killed at once
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 353783
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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COMMENTS