Francis Harry Rowe CBE (20 October 1895 – 24 May 1958) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as Director-General of the Department of Social Services.
[1] In March 1917, Rowe enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force and was assigned to a position in the Army Medical Corps.
[2] He took over from Jim Brigden who had held the position only nominally since the idea of national insurance had been considered two years before, but the Department had never functioned.
[4] While in the country, Rowe explored the possibility of a reciprocity of social services, like the arrangement in place between Australia and New Zealand.
[7] In November 1958 Howard A. Rusk from the World Rehabilitation Fund announced the Fund had established the Frank Rowe Memorial Fellowship to honour Rowe as one of the pioneer leaders of rehabilitation.