John Stirling BOWDEN

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BOWDEN, John Stirling

Service Number:	1061
Enlisted:	6 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stirling, South Australia, Australia , 17 August 1892
Home Town:	Gawler, Gawler, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 32
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Stirling East Primary School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1061, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1061, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1061, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE J. S. BOWDEN.

Mrs. J. Bowden, of Gawler, late of Stirling East, has received news that her son, Private John Stirling Bowden, was killed in action at Gallipoli between April 25 and April 29, 1915. He had been reported missing since three days after the landing. He left for the front with the First Contingent. Another son, Private Walter Bowden, is in camp in England." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 18 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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