Alfred Harlow BOWDEN

Alfred Harlow BOWDEN Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Numbers:	1713, 2034
Enlisted:	9 October 1914, Aged 18Yrs & 2 months Not Signed by the Commanding Officer. No indication in the service records as to why.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, August 1896
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Swanston Street State School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher/Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Geelong Congregational Church & Sunday School Honor Roll, East Geelong War Memorial, Geelong Shenton Methodist Church Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

9 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 1713, Aged 18Yrs & 2 months Not Signed by the Commanding Officer. No indication in the service records as to why.
16 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2034, Enlisted at Melbourne
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2034, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2034, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
26 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2034, 8th Infantry Battalion, Buried 20 yards south of Albert-Bapaume Rd, beyond the railway lines in Pozieres (p25 S/R)

Help us honour Alfred Harlow Bowden's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of Thomas Dyer Bowden and Anne Bowden of Ormond Road, Geelong, Vic. Brother of Walter Henry Bowden

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the cadets and the Citizen Military Forces