BOWKER, Alwynne Stanley
| Service Number: | 233 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1914, Colac, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Camperdown, Victoria, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Princetown, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - Panel No. 5, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Meredith State School No 1420 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 233, Colac, Victoria | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 233, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 233, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 233, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 233, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Alwynne Stanley BOWKER was born in 1879 in Camperdown, Hampton, Victoria
His parents were John BOWKER and Eliza LORD
He enlisted on 17th September 1914 with the Australian Army - he was with the 8th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron - Unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 25th February 1915
His brother Percy John BOWKER also served in WW1 & one cousin was killed in action
Alwynne was Killed In Action on 7th August 1915 - No Known Grave - he is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial and The Australian War Memorial and also on the Camperdown Roll of Honour in Victoria
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/715873/BOWKER,%20ALWYNNE%20STANLEY (www.cwgc.org)
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=28681 (www.aif.adfa.edu.au)
THE ARGUS - 8th August 1916
BOWKER - In Loving Memory of our dear Son & Brother, Alwynne Stanley Bowker Corporal, 8th Light Horse- Killed In Action during the charge - Inserted by his parents, brothers & sisters
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