Nelson Lavercombe BOWEN

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BOWEN, Nelson Lavercombe

Service Number:	29921
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Keswick Barracks, Keswick West Torrens, South Australia
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 26 May 1881
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Kent Town, South Australia
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Illness (Pneumonia), Monte Video Military Hospital, Weymouth, England, 16 November 1918, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot II, Row C, Grave 3158 Headstone Inscription "RESTING HIS DUTY BRAVELY DONE"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted Keswick Barracks, Keswick West Torrens, South Australia
3 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 29921, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
3 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 29921, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
31 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 29921, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed

Nelson Lavercombe BOWEN wa born in Adelaide, South Australia on 26th May, 1881

His parents were Henry BOWEN & Emma Sophia SMITH who married on 10th October, 1872

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His brother Haddon Lancelot BOWEN (SN 1866) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919

He also served during WW2 (SN S68961)

Biography

29921 Gunner Nelson Lavercomb Bowen, 120th Howitzer Battery, Australian Field Artillery was a 34 year old accountant from Adelaide, South Australia when he enlisted on 17 January 1916. Son of Henry and Emma Sophia BOWEN, of 341 Wakefield St., Adelaide, South Australia.

He embarked for overseas from Melbourne on 3 October 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas. Gunner Bowen joined the 102nd Battery 2nd Field Artillery Brigade in France on 31 March 1917 and saw fighting in France and Belgium before being medically evacuated to England.

He died of pneumonia on 16 November 1918 in the Monte Video Hospital, Weymouth, England, and was buried in the Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth.

A member of the Adelaide Rowing Club, he is memorialised on the Club Honour Roll from whence this information was drawn

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