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

Other:   

 

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

 

Kew Rotary