Born: 3 July 1884
Died: 10 October 1917
Eldest son of George and Annie Rowlands of 45 Myahgah Road, Mosman.
Killed by shellfire, coming out of the lines at Zonnebeke Ridge, during the Battle of Passchendaele.
He was a Lewis gunner in "A" Company, 3 Platoon.
At about 1.30 a.m. as the Company was marching along a railway line they turned off into a sunken road but found that it had a dead end. As they turned to come back a shell dropped right in the midst of the party killing Rowlands outright and wounding several others.
Informant - Private J. Gooderham, No. 5824, No. 21 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, George's Heights
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