BOWMAN, Samuel George Pascoe
| Service Number: | 588 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broadstone, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 588, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 588, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Samuel was born in Broadstone and enlisted for the Great War in January 1916 at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Before this he was a Labourer. Samuel was Killed in Action (Wounded and Missing) on 4th October 1917. He gave his father as his next of kin, James Bowman who resided at 57 Blandford Road, Hamworthy. He left all his effects to his sister Mrs Eva Mary Lush of 4 Doultons Terrace, Lake Road, Hamworthy. His effects sent to his father and sister included "Bible, razor, buttons, rubber armlets, leather purse, coins ". He is remembered on the Hamworthy War Memorial-Dorset.
Births Jun 1886
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