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BOWMAN, Archibald John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5343 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grassmere, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yarpturk, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koroit War Memorial, Mailors Flat Yarpturk State School & District Honor Roll, Penshurst War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warrnambool, Victoria | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5343, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5343, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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"...5343 Private Archibald John Bowman, 14th Battalion. A farmer from Yarpturk, near Warrnambool, Victoria, prior to enlistment on 22 February 1916, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 4 April 1916 for Egypt. The Battalion relocated to the Western Front, France in June 1916. Pte Bowman was killed in action near Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 23 years..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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