Lohman is a rather strange case, being included on the Whittlesea Memorial list of volunteers (although as Loman), but not on the list of those who gave their lives in the conflict.
The omission was remarkable, especially given his father, 253, Alfred John Lowman was also shown as volunteering at 44 years of age and the pair were noted at several going-away presentations before they embarked.
David Lohman/Lowan was killed at Bullecourt, France on 3 May, 1917; his remains were never found and his sacrifice is commemorated on the Villers-Bretoneaux Memorial in Picardie, France.
No reason is known as to how the family name became Lohman rather than Lowman, except perhaps a mistake when the birth was recorded in New South Wales. The spelling is consistent through his archives and does not appear to have been used as an ill-disguised alias.
Link to the history of David Edward Lohman (aka Lowman)
Link to ozsportshistory.com downloads for WW1
