Rowley Richards
(1916-2015)
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Charles Rowland Bromley "Rowley" Richards MBE, OAM, ED (8 June 1916 – 26 February 2015) was an Australian Army medical officer who, as a prisoner of war during the Second World War, is credited with saving countless lives on the notorious Burma Railway where prisoners suffered and died under inhumane conditions. Journalist Andrew Denton described him as "as good a man as this country has produced".
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8 June 1916 Summer Hill, New South Wales
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| Died |
26 February 2015 (aged 98) Manly, New South Wales
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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