Topic: AIF - 4B - 11 LHR
11th LHR, AIF
11th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Harold Rowton Stevens
Harold Rowton Stevens
Service number: 840
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 11th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: STEVENS, Tpr. Harold Rowton, 840. 11th Australian Light Horse. 7th Aug., 1916. Age 27. Son of Frank James and Emma Stevens, of Colton Vale, Mackay, Queensland.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Harold Rowton Stevens from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 840 |
| Place of birth | Colton Vale, Mackay, Queensland |
| School | Homebush State School, Queensland |
| Other training | Galton Agricultural College, Queensland |
| Religion | Congregational |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Address | colton Vale, Homebush Road, Mackay, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Next of kin | Father, Frank James Stevens, colton Vale, Homebush Road, Mackay, Queensland |
| Enlistment date | 30 January 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 11th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/16/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Second given name Rowton on ROH. |
| Fate | Killed in Action 7 August 1916 |
| Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Towton spelt Rowton |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
| Place of burial | No Known Grave |
| Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 8 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frank James and Emma STEVENS, Colton Vale, Mackay, Queensland |
Lest We Forget
Additional Reading:
11th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
11th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1919
Citation: 11th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Harold Rowton Stevens
