BOWLES, John
| Service Number: | 6707 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Mount Barker, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 14 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Grave X. C. 8. INSCRIPTION FOR EVER WITH THE LORD , Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6707, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6707, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Possible Birth Records
Births Sep 1884
Bowles John Thanet 2a 929
Bowles John Maidstone 2a 689
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 35 and the son of Richard Bowles and Ann Bowles of Martins Farm, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent.
Having emigrated to Australia seven years prior to enlisting in the A.I.F. at Mount Baker, Western Australia on Tuesday 18 July 1916. John stated at his enlistment that he was employed as a Foreman on a fruit farm, and that he was single. Following his initial military training, John was in draft of reinforcements which embarked from the port of Sydney, New South Wales, on Wednesday 8 November 1916 on board the 8491 ton Commonwealth & Dominion Line requisitioned ship SS Port Nicho
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 35 and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bowles, of Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone.
He is remembered on the war memorial in the church at Boughton Monchelsea, near Maidstone, Kent, England.
INSCRIPTION on his grave
FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
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