William Roy Lowdon
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[[File:Postcard_from_Roy_Lowdon_small.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Postcard to Amy Burton from Roy Lowdon. Roy is in the back row on the right, marked with a X. The photograph is entitled "Somewhere in France 15 Mar 07". The year should be 1917. Image courtesy Patricia Hobbs.]] | [[File:Postcard_from_Roy_Lowdon_small.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Postcard to Amy Burton from Roy Lowdon. Roy is in the back row on the right, marked with a X. The photograph is entitled "Somewhere in France 15 Mar 07". The year should be 1917. Image courtesy Patricia Hobbs.]] | ||
| + | '''LOWDON, William Roy''' | ||
| + | '''Service no:''' 10433 [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8212102] | ||
| + | '''Place of birth:''' Orange | ||
| + | '''Address:''' Bathurst Road, Orange | ||
| + | '''Occupation:''' Baker | ||
| + | '''Next of kin:''' David Ritchie Lowdon (father), Bathurst Road, Orange | ||
| + | '''Date of enlistment:''' 13 March 1916 | ||
| + | '''Place of enlistment:''' Sydney | ||
| + | '''Age at enlistment:''' 24 | ||
| + | '''Fate:''' Embarked HMAT ''Marathon'' Sydney 16 July 1916. | ||
| + | Hospitalised November 1916 suffering from measles. | ||
| + | Killed in action, Belgium. | ||
| + | '''Date of death:''' 31 August 1917 | ||
| + | '''Buried:''' Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium, Plot 3, Row A, Grave 28 | ||
| + | William Roy Lowdon was born in Orange, and lived [[Bathurst Road]]. He and his father were the proprietors of Lowdon & Son Bakery in [[East Orange]]. Roy was Secretary of the Thistle Club, and sang at their gatherings. the ''Leader'' claimed “Roy was one of the most popular of the young men of Orange”. Roy enlisted in March 1916, and served in 1st Division Australian Army Service Corps. He was delivering supplies at Dickebusch (Dickie Bush) in Belgium on 31 August 1917 when a shell fell on him. According to a fellow soldier fragments of bomb entered his armpit and he exclaimed “I’m hit Tick”, and died a few minutes later. He was 26. | ||
| - | + | Roy’s name appears on [[St John’s Presbyterian Church Orange]] Honour Roll. His memory is also honoured by a plaque adjacent to the sanctuary. William Roy Lowdon is also commemorated on the World War I Roll of Honour on the southern face of the [[Orange Cenotaph]]. | |
| - | + | In 1923 the [[Anzac Memorial Avenue]] of trees was planted along [[Bathurst Road]] to commemorate fallen WWI soldiers. A tree was planted in honour of “Pte WR Lowdon”; it was donated by DH Lowdon. Very few of the trees are still standing today. | |
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| - | + | ''Leader'', 7 November 1917 p.2. | |
| - | + | How Roy Lowdon died[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/117833789] | |
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| - | + | ''Leader'', 7 November 1917 p.1. | |
| - | + | The Late Roy Lowdon[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/117833728] | |
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| - | http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/117833728 | + | |
| - | [[Category:Service Men and Women|Lowdon | + | [[Category:Service Men and Women|Lowdon-William-Roy]] |
| - | [[Category:Honour Roll| Lowdon | + | [[Category:Honour Roll|Lowdon-William-Roy]] |
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Current revision as of 04:57, 7 January 2021
LOWDON, William Roy
Service no: 10433 [1]
Place of birth: Orange
Address: Bathurst Road, Orange
Occupation: Baker
Next of kin: David Ritchie Lowdon (father), Bathurst Road, Orange
Date of enlistment: 13 March 1916
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Age at enlistment: 24
Fate: Embarked HMAT Marathon Sydney 16 July 1916. Hospitalised November 1916 suffering from measles. Killed in action, Belgium.
Date of death: 31 August 1917
Buried: Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium, Plot 3, Row A, Grave 28
William Roy Lowdon was born in Orange, and lived Bathurst Road. He and his father were the proprietors of Lowdon & Son Bakery in East Orange. Roy was Secretary of the Thistle Club, and sang at their gatherings. the Leader claimed “Roy was one of the most popular of the young men of Orange”. Roy enlisted in March 1916, and served in 1st Division Australian Army Service Corps. He was delivering supplies at Dickebusch (Dickie Bush) in Belgium on 31 August 1917 when a shell fell on him. According to a fellow soldier fragments of bomb entered his armpit and he exclaimed “I’m hit Tick”, and died a few minutes later. He was 26.
Roy’s name appears on St John’s Presbyterian Church Orange Honour Roll. His memory is also honoured by a plaque adjacent to the sanctuary. William Roy Lowdon is also commemorated on the World War I Roll of Honour on the southern face of the Orange Cenotaph.
In 1923 the Anzac Memorial Avenue of trees was planted along Bathurst Road to commemorate fallen WWI soldiers. A tree was planted in honour of “Pte WR Lowdon”; it was donated by DH Lowdon. Very few of the trees are still standing today.
Leader, 7 November 1917 p.2.
How Roy Lowdon died[2]
Leader, 7 November 1917 p.1.
The Late Roy Lowdon[3]
