Albert LOWE

LOWE, Albert

    Service Number: 1655
    Enlisted: 29 December 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sheffield Yorkshire UK, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
    Schooling: Sheffield School, England
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Illness, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 March 1917, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 3rd reinforcement’s 5th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 16th January 1915
    29 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion
    19 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    19 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    5 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field Gallipoli from 3rd reinforcement’s Egypt
    8 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded 1st occasion Gun Shot Wound upper arm
    9 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Wounded 2nd occasion Gunshot wound upper right arm severing median nerve. Evacuated Malta for treatment
    11 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Admitted 1th Australian General Hospital Caulfield Victoria ex HT Runic England GSW Upper right Arm
    8 Mar 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 5th Infantry Battalion, Died at 11th AGH Caulfield toxaemia and cardiac failure on 7th August 1917. Discharged from the AIF with effect 8th August 1917

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    Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

    CWGC  register of death  Registered as 1658 Albert Lowe by clerical error.

     

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