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William Bryant ROWATT

Regimental number29569
Place of birthBathurst New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
Address55 Newcastle Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs E L Rowatt, c/o Walter Bristow, 'Melwalie', Thorngate Street, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 118
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/136/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 3 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 30 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialLijssenthhoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row ??, Grave No. ??), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie ROWATT; husband of Elsie ROWATT, 31 Gloucester Street, Prospect, South Australia. Native of Bathurst, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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