Harold Peter BOWMAN

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BOWMAN, Harold Peter

Service Numbers:	2594, 2594A
Enlisted:	3 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1893
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Public & High Schools
Occupation:	Labourer, South Australian Railways
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 16 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2594, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2594, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2594A, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2594A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16
Date unknown:	Involvement 2594, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Harold Peter BOWMANs parents were Jonathon Duncan BOWMAN and Beatrice Annie GILLETT

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

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 21 July 1917

THE LATE PRIVATE H. P. BOWMAN.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Bowman, of Wilmington, have been officially notified that their son. Private H. P. Bowman, of Petersburg, was killed in action on August 16. 1916, while carrying a dispatch to Headquarters between Pozieres and Mouquet Farm. He was previously reported missing. Before enlisting he was employed in S.A.R., Petersburg. He was 23 years of age.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87606362 (nla.gov.au)

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