2358 John Thomas ROWAN

Date of enlistment	9^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Killed in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick Missed Osterley sailing from Fremantle

Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Summary of Private Rowan’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
27^th July – 4^th August 1916	France	Killed in Action
8^th July 1916	France	Drunkenness and breaking from ranks while on a march. Award 28 days FP#2
7^th July 1916	France	Re-joined Battalion
18^th May 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
9^th May 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Scotian
14^th February 1916	Egypt	Discharged to Base
8^th February 1916	Egypt	To 1^st Australian General Hospital sick – nose injury
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
5^th October 1915	Australia	Failed to depart on Osterley from Fremantle. Sailed on Themistocles on 13^th October. Fined 28 days pay
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot