Regimental number | 1175 |
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Motor mechanic |
Address | Spencer's Gully, Inverell, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 150 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs A. Lowry, Bannockburn Road, Inverell, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (6 months) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Inverell, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 33rd Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/50/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 33rd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Katoomba General Cemetery (Portion Presbyterian, Section G, Grave No. 32), New South Wales |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 122 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Agnes LOWRY. Native of Sydney |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Also served with Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, see 1012 William James LOWRY. |
Other details |
War service: England Embarked Sydney, 4 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 July 1916. Marched out of No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 25 January 1917; marched into 9th Training Bn, Durrington Camp, Larkhill, 26 January 1917. Attached for temporary duty with Australian Flying Corps, England, 12 March 1917. Admitted to Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, 19 April 1917 (tubercle of lung); transferred to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 28 April 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HS 'Karoola'; disembarked Sydney, 29 August 1917; admitted to North Head Quarantine Station from No 4 General Hospital, 17 September 1917; discharged Sydney (medically unfit: TB of lung), 28 February 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LOWRY William James |