BOWMAN, Thomas Ridley
| Service Number: | 2551 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 24 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper's assistant (W. Winn & Co., Ltd.) |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1952, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-190. 49. |
| Memorials: | Newcastle W Winn & Co Ltd Roll of Honor, W Winn & Co's War Heroes Pictorial HR |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2551, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2551, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 25 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit (disordered action of the heart) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
72 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 14th November 1952, Private Thomas Ridley Bowman, 13th Battalion (Reg No-2551), draper's assistant (W. Winn & Co., Ltd.), father of one (Douglas), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 62. ANGLICAN 3-190. 49.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 24th October 1890 to Thomas Maither, clerk, died 11.6.1953, Mayfield, N.S.W., age 84, buried at METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 23 SE. 47, from 45 Havelock Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., and Jane Bowman nee Ridley, died 14.6.1929, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 60, sleeping at METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 23 SE. 47; husband of Grace Balmer Bowman nee Platt, married 12.1.1918, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 15.10.1988, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 96, 36 years a widow, sleeping here, Tom enlisted on the 24th October 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Rutherford, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on the 25th October 1916.
Commenced return to Australia 26.9.1917.
Tom arrived home on the 25th November 1917, being discharged medically unfit (disordered action of the heart) on the 26th December 1917.
Mr. Bowman’s name has been inscribed on the W. Winn & Co., Ltd. Roll of Honor, W. Winn & Co's War Heroes Pictorial HR, Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Newcastle Protestant Alliance-Perseverance Lodge No. 40 Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 13/11/1952.
Officially commemorated 16.1.1953 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/commemsoawg/commemoration/viewCommemoration.html?commemorationId=NjI5NjMy.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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