BOWEN, Cyril John
| Service Numbers: | Officer, Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Springsure, Qld., 18 March 1886 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State Schools, St Joseph's College Nudgee, Royal Military College Duntroon |
| Occupation: | Bank Accountant |
| Died: | Meningitis, At sea, 15 September 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Sep 1916: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-09-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CYRIL JOHN BOWEN, son of the late Mr. Patrick Bowen and Mrs. M. G. Bowen, of Cairns, Q., was born at Springsure, Queensland, on 18th March, 1886, and was educated at State Schools and at St. Joseph's College, Nudgee, Queensland.
Entering the Bank as a junior clerk on 20th October, 1903, he served at Cooktown in 1904 and was transferred to Cairns in June, 1905. In January, 1907, he was promoted to ledgerkeeper, and in March, 1911, transferred to Croydon, Q., as teller. In November, 1912, he came on to the Head Office Staff, removing to the Southern Branch in March, 1913, and thence to Queanbeyan, N.S.W., as teller, in the following June.
Cyril Bowen enlisted on 4th September, 1915, and joined the 34th Battalion. After proving very efficient and popular in the training camp and on board the transport in which he left Australia for England, via South Africa, he had the misfortune to be stricken with meningitis, was ill for a few days, and died on shipboard on 15th September, 1916. He was buried at sea.
Source Bank of NSW Honour Roll
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