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William Roy LOWDON

Regimental number10433
Place of birthOrange, New South Wales
SchoolOrange Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBaker
AddressBathurst Road, Orange, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, D R Lowdon, Bathurst Road, Orange, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameArmy Service Corps Reinforcement 18
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/105/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Company, Australian Army Service Corps
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1917
Place of death or woundingWickies Bush, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialReninghelst New Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 28), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (white marble tablet) in St John's Uniting (formely Presbyterian) Church, Orange, New South Wales. Parents: David and Elizabeth LOWDON
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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