Regimental number | 1705 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Grocer |
Address | 27 Bloomsbury Street, Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, A Lowe, 27 Bloomsbury Street, Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Senior Cadets for 3 years. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 1613 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 526 Corporal Albert Ernest LOWE, 31st Bn, returned to Australia, 8 May 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 13 April 1915. Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 26 May 1915. Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 26 June 1915 (diarrhoea); rejoined unit same day. Wounded in action, 7 August 1915 (shock), and admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance Dressing Station; rejoined unit, 9 August 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 26 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 31 March 1916. Wounded in action, 25 July 1916 (sprained left ankle); admitted to 1st Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 26 July 1916; tranmsferred to Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 27 July 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 25 August 1916. Admitted to New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Amiens, 30 November 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to Ambulance Train No 5, 4 December 1916, and admitted to 8th General Hospital, Rouen. Transferred to England, 9 December 1916, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, 11 December 1916 (debility: slight). Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 22 January 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 29 January 1917. Marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 22 March 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 19 April 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 10 May 1917. Admitted to 1st Australian Division Rest Station, 23 October 1917 (debility), and transferred same day to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to 7th Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 24 October 1917; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, 9 November 1917; to 1st Australian Division Base Depot, Havre, 16 November 1917. Transferred to England, 19 December 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HS 'Durham Castle', 10 March 1918; discharged, Melbourne, 26 August 1918 (medically unfit: chronic bronchitis). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Preston Cemetery |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LOWE Claude Harold |