Dr Reginald McDougall BOWMAN

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BOWMAN, Reginald McDougall

Other Name:	Bowman, Reginald McDonald - Australian War Memorial - Embarkation Roll 2
Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	20 May 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance
Born:	Granville, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Medical Practitioner
Died:	Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia , 9 February 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated Northern Suburbs Crematorium, 199 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, New South Wales.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 1st Australian General Hospital
26 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Embarked from Sydney to Egypt as a reinforcement for the No.1 Base Hospital.
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital, Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board A62 Wandilla
27 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital, Transferred to Base Field Ambulance, Gallipoli.
19 Aug 1916:	Embarked Captain, 14th Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1917:	Promoted Major, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance
1 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance
15 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel
28 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , Returned to Australia per HT ‘Hungaria’ from Port Said, Egypt.
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , Discharged at the 2nd Military District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007

Name - Reginald McDougall Bowman
Record Type - Burial
Death Date - 9 Feb 1975
Death Location - Sacred Heart Hospice Darlinghurst
Cemetery - Northern Suburbs Crematorium
Cemetery Location - New South Wales

Notes - Australia, University of Sydney Biographical Information Including World War I, 1880-1980
M.B., Ch.M.; F.R.A.C.S. : Lieutenant-Colonel, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. Enlisting and sailing in May, 1915, was in Gallipoli as relieving R.M.O. 9th and 3rd Battns. After the Evacuation went to No. 14 Australian General Hospital, Cairo. From March, 1917, served with 2nd A.L.H. Field Ambulance in Palestine from Gaza through Jerusalem and Jordan Valley to Amman and elsewhere until demobilisation. Promoted maior, 20th Tune, 10 17; temporary lieutenant-colonel, 15th January, 1919. Tutor in Obstetrics. Early education at The King''s School. Later at St. Andrew''s College.

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