1st Casualty Clearing Station
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Leslie Edward Rowe (SN 3217) born at Ballarat, was a 19 year old grocer’s driver when he enlisted in Ballarat on March 29th 1915. On June 25th he embarked aboard the Afric to serve with the 6th Field Ambulance. In November 1915 he suffered a wound to his scalp and was evacuated from Gallipoli. He rejoined his unit a month later and saw out the remainder of the Gallipoli campaign. He then moved to France where on August 8th 1916 he suffered a facial wound. Once again, he recovered, rejoined his unit and managed to avoid wounds for the remainder of the war. He returned to Australia aboard the Kashmir, reached Melbourne on April 30th 1919 and was discharged on June 29th.
