BOWD, Stephen
| Service Number: | 2143 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mil Lel, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 28 July 1874 |
| Home Town: | Tantanoola, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Jockey |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 June 1917, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mud Corner Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Plot 1, Row A, Grave No. 15 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Court Marian No 3316 AOF Roll of Honour, Mundulla Soldiers Memorial Honour Roll, Mundulla War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2143 | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2143, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2143, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2143, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2143 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Cusack
Stephen was born at Millel, near Mount Gambier in South Australia. His parents were Joseph Bowd his father having migrated to Australia in 1863, landing in Port Adelaide as a 21 year old, Agnes Thompson, his mother was born in Adelaide in 1844. They married at the "River Bank" in Adelaide in 1865.
The young couple moved to the Mount Gambier area in 1866, where they had eleven children of whom Stephen was the fifth. Stephen received a rudimentary education, attending the Mount Gambier Public School. During his formative years he became known for his horse riding skills and rode as an amateur in many professional races, including winning several steeplechases at Oakbank, South Australia.
Prior to his embarkation Stephen married Mina Parminter Wallace on the 17th of June 1916, Mina giving birth to a baby girl on the 20th of October 1916, whom they named Elizabeth. Sadly the young family were never to be reunited, with Stephen being killed in action on the 9th of June 1917.
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