BOWDER, Katie Helen
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Grantham, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Khiva embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 26 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Khiva, Sydney |
Nursing Sister Returns
Sister K. H. Bowder, A.A.N.S., after nearly three years' service in India, Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan arrived home on March 3. Local residents in spite of the wet, nicely decorated the station, and Councillor J. McNab on behalf of those assembled as well as for those who were not aware of the event, gave her a hearty welcome home. Sister Bowder was met by her father at Landsborough, but her mother being unfortunately not in sufficiently good health to accompany him, awaiting the arrival of her soldier daughter at home. Sister Bowder proposes having a quiet time at home for a few weeks before again taking up the activities of her profession. She has brought home glowing accounts of the work of the British troops in Mesopotamia, a nice collection of Indian curios, and a most interesting account of the present state of affairs in the old country, where she spent two months furlough.
Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld) Friday 12 March 1920 page 3
Submitted 14 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Sister
AANS
Born Grantham, England
Daughter of Augustus William BOWDER and Susannah nee JEX
Of Yandina, Qld.
Enlisted 19 May 1917
Embarked from Melbourne 19 May 1917 per 'Khiva'
Disembarked at Bombay 18 June 1917
Served in Bombay, Lahore, Gaharial
Aged 26 years
Returned to Australia per 'Cape Verde' 01 March 1920
Did not marry
Died 1973