Percy Edward ROWE

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Service Number:	924
Enlisted:	14 July 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1889
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer/VFL footballer - Collingwood
Died:	Wounds, 38th Casualty Clearing Station, Heilly, France, 5 December 1916, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Heilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 12), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kooreh Boer War & WWI Memorial Plaque

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 924, 29th Infantry Battalion
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 924, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 924, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
13 Mar 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 924, 29th Infantry Battalion, Concussion - Egypt
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 924, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
11 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29th Infantry Battalion
4 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 924, 29th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW to abdomen. Evacuated to 38th CCS at Heilly, where he died of wounds the next day 5 December 1916.
5 Dec 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 924, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 924 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-12-05

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Son of John Avon and Charlotte ROWE, Dundas Street, St. Arnaud, Vic.

Husband of Louisa Marion ROWE, 122 Park Street, Abbotsford, Vic.