Charles Henry BOWES

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BOWES, Charles Henry

Service Number:	480
Enlisted:	26 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1877
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
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World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 480, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 480, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 480, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
11 Mar 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 480, 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Henry Bowes was born about 1877 in New South Wales. He served in The South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 249 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 480 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF, WW1.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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