Isabelle BOWMAN MiD

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BOWMAN, Isabelle

Service Number:	Nurse
Enlisted:	2 June 1917, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Staff Nurse
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 3 September 1889
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 1 January 1961, aged 71 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Grave Location: 11-76-12, Portion 11/Section 76/Grave 12.
Memorials:	Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Jun 1917:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Brisbane, Queensland
9 Jun 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Jun 1917:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney
30 Jan 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mention in Despatches, 30/01/1919, Pg-1485, Pos-1, London Gazette; also 03/06/1919, Pg-957, Pos-10, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
18 Aug 1919:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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Biography

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 03 September 1889 at Brisbane, Qld.
Daughter of David BOWMAN Elizabeth Jane nee FISHER
Enlisted 24 May 1917
Embarked 09 June 1917
Appointment terminated 18 August 1919
Married Richard Blake GREENE in 1926
Died 01 January 1961 in Qld.
Aged 70 years
Buried Toowong Cemetery 11-76-12

Mentioned in despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 3 June 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 957, position 10
Date of London Gazette: 30 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 1485, position 1

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