Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Gunner Eddie Rowe. c 1916. Source: Women Haters' Club.
Rowe E Gunner 29812 Edward AFA 119 Howitzer Battery 24 Accountant Single Pres
Address: Essendon, Robb St, 38
Next of Kin: Rowe, James, father, 38 Robb St, Essendon
Enlisted: 8 May 1916
Embarked: A60 Aeneas 3 Oct 1916
Date of death: 20/09/1917
CWGC: "Son of James and Janet W. Rowe, of 38, Robb St., Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian".
MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
In loving memory of Edward Rowe, died at Polygon Wood Belgium Sept 20 1917 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course" 2nd Timothy, 4, 7.
In loving memory of Edward MacGill, died at Polygon Wood Belgium Sept 20th 1917. "We are more than Conquerors Through Him that loved us" Roman 8, 37.
Memorial windows in St John's Uniting Church, Essendon. Image by Lenore Frost, 2009.
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Gunner Eddie Rowe is the sixth member of the Essendon Harriers to be killed on service abroad. His death occurred in France on September 20. Rowe, who was the only child of Mr and Mrs James Rowe, of Robb street, Essendon, was aged 25 years. He ran with the Essendon Club in 1910, 1911 and 1912, going in more for track athletics than cross-country running. He shaped well as a high jumper, and used to cover well over five feet.
ATHLETES IN ARMS. (1917, October 10). Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917), p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154546408
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DEATHS. MACGILL-ROWE.-On the 20th September, in France, Gunners Eddie Macgill and Eddie Rowe, schoolmates and comrades in arms, in life and death together. "Lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided."
Family Notices. (1917, October 11). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74603969
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Mentioned in this publication
Woman Haters' Club. Essendon - Dromana One Hundred Years, 1902-2002
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall R-Y
Aberfeldie Bowls Club Great War Honour Board
Essendon State School
St John's Presbyterian Church*
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
Woman-Haters'-Club
In Memoriam
ROWE. In proud and loving memory of Gunner
Eddie Rowe, 42nd Battery, A.I.F., loved only child
of J and J. W. Rowe, killed in action, Polygon
Wood, Flanders, 20th September, 1917.
With Christ, which is far better.
HOWE-MACGILL. In loving memory of my two
friends Gunner E Rowe and E Macgill, killed
in action in France on 20th September, 1917.
(Inserted by W. R. Chamberlain, late A.I.F.)
Family Notices. (1919, September 20). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 17.
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