Date of birth:

May 20th, 1915 (Minesing/Ontario, Canada)

Date of death:

October 11th, 1945 (Netherlands)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XV. Row: H. Grave: 16.

Service number:

B/58075

Nationality:

Canadian

Private
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

In the early hours of October 11, 1945, tragedy struck when Private Rowell was involved in a road accident and sustained fatal injuries with burns and fractures.
He died in hospital later that evening. He was 30 years old.
A military board of inquiry on October 12 determined that Private R.B. Brunette, along with Private R. A. Rowell, had driven a lorry on an unauthorized trip that resulted in the tragic accident. Normally, Private Brunette drove the vehicle in his duty of carrying rations to the military barracks at Nijmegen from Grave, the Netherlands.
But the two soldiers had gone out for the night to Turnhout, in Belgium, which was a 99-kilometre drive. After dinner and drinks, they headed back to their barracks. The accident occurred at 2:10 a.m. near the barracks at Grave.

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