Richard BOWERING

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BOWERING, Richard

Service Number:	880
Enlisted:	30 November 1914, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	London, Middlesex, England, 1896
Home Town:	Winchelsea, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Boscastle Council School, Cornwall, England
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Winchelsea WWI Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 880, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Geelong, Vic.
7 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 880, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
7 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 880, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 880, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 880 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 880, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Trooper 880 Richard Bowering was born in London however moved to Cornwall at a very young age.

When aged 17 years and 8 months, he left Plymouth, England in June 1913 with two friends to take up farming in Australia.

The three men enlisted in the AIF together in 1914. He was taken on strength of the 8th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli on 5 August 1915 and was killed in action during the charge at The Nek (Walkers Ridge) just two days later.

He is also remembered on the Forrabury and Minster War Memorial, Cornwall, UK.

One of his two English friends (Harry Hoskin) was also killed the same day.

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