Rowland Frank Eugene LOMAS

1884 - 1918  (33 years)

• Name	Rowland Frank Eugene LOMAS
  Birth	Aug 1884	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
  	On his army enlistment form dated 13 Jan 1917, gives his age as 32 years four months born Balmain, New South Wales
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1917
  	Coach builder
  Residence	1917	Scott St, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
  _FGRAVE	56440831
  _HAIR	Brown
  _HEIG	1917
  	5ft 6 1/2 ins
  _WEIG	1917
  	126 pounds
  _MILT	1918
  	Private 7594A 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
  	From Commonwealth War Graves Commission website: Name: LOMAS, ROWLAND FRANK EUGENE. Initials: R F E. Nationality: Australian. Rank: Private. Regiment: Australian Infantry, A.I.F Unit Text: 15th Bn. Date of Death: 29/03/1918 Service No: 7594. Additional information: Son of Fred and Jane Lomas; husband of Annie McMurtrie Lomas, of Baree, Mt. Morgan Rockhampton, Queensland. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 25. Cemetery: GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
  Death	29 Mar 1918	Gezaincourt, Somme, France
  	Death ref: 22/005190 AIF) Commonwealth War Grave Commission website: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=35454 Index no. Fr. 169 Com. Cem. Extension France. LOMAS, Pte. Rowland Frank Eugene, 7594. 15th Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 29th March 1918. Son of Fred and Jane Lomas; husband of Annie McMurtrie Lomas, of Baree, Mt Morgan, near Rockhampton, Queensland. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. I.H.25.
  Burial	3 Apr 1918	Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
  Notes	According to military service enlistment papers, he was born in Balmain, New South Wales around August 1884 but no record is found of him in NSW BDM search. Riases the question if he was the natural born child of Fred and Jane.
  Person ID	I2957	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Frederick LOMAS,   b. Abt 1860   d. 19 Oct 1914, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Jane Elizabeth COKER,   b. 13 Mar 1859, 5 Salman Cottages, Ratcliff, Stepney, London, England, UK d. 21 Jul 1948, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1881	Queensland, Australia
  	Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Frederick Lomas Spouse Name: Jane Coker Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1881 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Number: 001096 Page Number: 8756
  Family ID	F704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie McMurtrie GRAHAM,   b. Abt 1886, Queensland, Australia d. 26 Aug 1939, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1910	Queensland, Australia
  	https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Marriage registration: Rowland Frank Eugene Lomas Marriage date:19/08/1910 Spouse's name:Annie McMurtrie Graham Registration details:1910/C/522
  Children	1. Phyllis Rowena LOMAS,   b. 12 Mar 1909, Cairns, Queensland, Australia d. 12 Dec 1972, Queensland, Australia (Age 63 years)   2. Fred LOMAS,   b. 26 May 1911, Cairns, Queensland, Australia d. 17 Jan 1975, Queensland, Australia (Age 63 years)   3. Jane Emily LOMAS,   b. 12 Apr 1913, Cairns, Queensland, Australia d. 8 Nov 2006, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 93 years)   4. Rowley LOMAS,   b. 25 Nov 1916, Cairns, Queensland, Australia d. 9 May 1944, On service over Timor (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F1457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2025

  
  

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