Photographed at the Dease Studio, 117 Barrack Street Perth WA
Image courtesy of the State Library of Western Australia: 108421PD

Rank: Lieutenant

Regimental Number: 3794

Place of Birth: Petersurg, South Australia

Address: 130 Lewis Street, Kalgoorlie, 
Western Australia

Next of Kin: Sister, Miss Rose Rowe, 
130 Lewis Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Enlistment Date: 16 August 1916

Unit Name: 52nd Battalion

Date of Death: 29 May 1920. He was 25 years old

Cause of Death: Not Known. Rowe received a serious gun shot wound to the left side and a Funeral notice from family members refers to his being "gassed". It would appear that he died in a Perth Hospital, Western Australia but had been resident in Wooroloo, possibly at the sanatorium

Place of Death: Perth, Western Australia

Year of Photo: 1914-1915

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Notes: This soldier was identified with the assistance of Deb Martin from the "Western Front Dead from Western Australia Project"