Alexander Harold Lowe was born in 1892 in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire. The Lowe family emigrated to Melbourne in 1901 and the four sons each came to prominence as a player with the strong St Kilda club. In 1913 Alexander was appointed treasurer and assistant secretary and also kept goal for the club at the age of 20.Â
The Winner recorded in May 1915:
Some two years ago A. H. Lowe was appointed treasurer and assistant secretary of the club, and also kept goal for the club in that period. The two above-named are, at the time of writing, on the high seas with the Australian Expeditionary Force, following in the wake of H. M. Lowe, who is already at the front with his brother Australians at the Dardanelles. H. M. Lowe was a promising young footballer in St. Kilda’s second, team.
Alexander enlisted on 26 February 1915 and was, curiously, given his late brother Hugh’s regimental number of 1053 – a fact which causes some confusion in the AIF records. His career seemed to follow in older brother, Tommie’s footsteps, even convalescing with him at the same hospital and returning together invalided to Australia prior to their commissioning as Lieutenants and return to service.
Alexander left the army in early 1920. He resumed keeping for St Kilda until at least 1924, representing Scotland in the annual ‘International’ game for a number of years until 1924.
He died in 1985