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Full Name
Leon Edward Rowlands
Rank Last Held
Lance Corporal
Forename(s)
Leon Edward
Surname
Rowlands
Also Known As
Bill Rowlands
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
442412
Gender
Male
Campaigns
Italy
Last Unit Served
21Infantry Battalion
Place of Death
Italy
Date of Death
26 July 1944
Age at Death
22
Year of Death
1944
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Florence War Cemetery, Italy
Grave Reference
VIII. F. 4.
Biographical Notes
Leon Rpwlands was the son of Edward Rowlands and of Arlien Rowlands (nee Scott), of Onerahi, New Zealand; husband of Gladys Iris Rowlands, of Cambridge.
Description of Image
  • Portrait
  • Headstone, Florence War Cemetery (photograph Gabrielle Fortune 2008).
Additional Information
Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
Further References
Northland Roll of Honour CDROM
Sources Used
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org