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Herbert George LOWE

Regimental number6594
Place of birthQueensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressPickanjinnie, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinBrother, H A Lowe, Pickanjinnie, Queensland
Enlistment date20 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularArthur Lowe his father was a blue jacket on the flag ship at the Egyptian War and received Medals. Afterwards was a constable in the Queensland Police Force and was accidentally killed through his horse falling at Brisbane October 1896.
FateKilled in Action 29 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26.9
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row D, Grave N o. 6), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Janet LOWE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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