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William James Hamilton LOWE

Regimental number1413
Place of birthCrudine, New South Wales
SchoolCrudine State School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGrudine via Mudgee, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Hamilton Walter Lowe, Grudine via Mudgee, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/17/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 20 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollStaff Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Squadron
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularCpl Harrie Linden Murphy was killed by the same shell, both are buried in one grave, they were comrades.
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1918
Place of death or woundingJericho, Palestine
Age at death24.4
Place of burialNo Known Grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem War Cemetery, Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
180
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hamilton and Eliza LOWE, Crudine, Ilford, New South Wales

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