Ernest James Rowe
- Born: 1878, Fryerstown, Victoria Australia
- Died: 12 Jun 1901, Wilmansrust, South Australia at age 23
General Notes:
Veronika Ihlenfeldt notes:
SurnameROWE
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)Ernest James
Regimental Number1481
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: killed in action on 12.6.01 at Wilmansrust.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Castlemaine Canberra Yalca.
West Australian: killed at Steelkoopspruit.
5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl),
killed 12.6.01.
HAGSOC: memorial Middleburg.
B5179: born 1878 a farmer from Elsternwick next of kin at Castlemaine Camp Cres. Vic.
Melb. Leader: Elstenwick Vic., photo #326.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 298 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 57
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 20.6.01
5VMR QSA Roll: Queen's S. Africa Medal Roll for 5VMR
HAGSOC: HAGSOC's South African Graves website
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item B
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 16.2.1901
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.
php
External Link URL2www.skp.com.au/memorials/pages/30095.htm
External Link URL3awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
External Link URL4picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/
Ozbpics#5465344888076582402
External Link URL5www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memv0030.php
Noted events in his life were:
• note. 885 Bill Mackey notes:
Private Ernest James Rowe, of the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, was killed in action at Wiliamsrust, South Africa on 12 June 2001 during the Boer War.
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