Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Rowe B F Cpl 341 Benjamin Franklin 1 ASC 21 School teacher Single C of E
Address: Ascot Vale, Roxburgh St, 15
Next of Kin: Rowe, M E, Mrs, mother, 15 Roxburgh St, Ascot Vale
Enlisted: 24 Aug 1914
Embarked: A3 Orvieto 21 Oct 1914
Prior Service: Lieutenant Senior Cadets 58A, still serving.
Servied with the 2nd Royal Fusiliers and the Royal Flying Corps.
Date of Death: 01/06/1917 Lieutenant
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
WOUNDED.
Word has been received that Mr Franklin Rowe, son of Mrs Rowe, 15 Roxburgh street, Ascotvale, has been promoted to a commission in the British army. Mr Rowe was connected with the Education department and left for Egypt with the First Expeditionary Force as a non commissioned officer.
The Argus, Thursday 20 May 1915
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The friends of Lieutenant Franklin Rowe, of the Royal Flying Corps, who was previously reported missing in France, will regret to learn that he has now been officially reported killed in action on 1st June last, while making a reconnaissance over the enemy lines. Lieutenant Rowe, who was 24 years of age, was formerly a teacher at the Essendon State school, commanding cadet company attached thereto. His mother, Mrs. M. E. Rowe, was a well-known resident in the district for several years. He left for the front in October, 1914 as a corporal, but he was not long in Egypt before he gained his commission and was attached to the famous 29th Division of the Royal Fusiliers. With the above division he served in the Cape Helles landing, and from there he was invalided to London suffering from shell shock. Later he entered the Flying Corps, and letters from his superior officers speak of the splendid work he performed.
OUR SOLDIERS. (1918, March 14). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 1 Edition: Morning. Retrieved June 7, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74605347
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Education Department's Record of War Service.
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
The card shows that Rowe served with the 1st Divisional Train, AIF as a Corporal No 34; 2 Royal Fusiliers Comm; Royal Fusiliers Lt, Royal Flying Corps, Lt. His NOK was shows as Mrs M E Rowe, (Mother) c/- The Hon W Hutchinson, MLA, Parliament House, Melbourne Australia.
Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Rowe on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, courtesy of Melbourne
High School Archives, 2014.
Cenotaph at the Arras Flying Services Memorial, courtesy of courtesy of Melbourne
Archives, 2014.
Arras Flying Services Memorial, courtesy of Melbourne High School Archives, 2014.
War Service Commemorated
http://ww1vic.gravesecrets.net/r.html
Melbourne High School
Education Departments Record of War Service
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
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