BOWLES, Robert
| Service Numbers: | SX25926, S42076 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1941, Unley, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 63rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Renmark, South Australia, 3 March 1923 |
| Home Town: | Flinders Park, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wickerworker |
| Died: | Flying Accident, At sea (between Ambon and Darwin), 19 December 1945, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Oct 1941: | Involvement Private, SX25926 | |
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| 7 Oct 1941: | Involvement Private, S42076 | |
| 7 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Unley, SA | |
| 7 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX25926 | |
| 25 Aug 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Mari Walker
Son of George Andrew and Charlotte Ann Bowles, of Flinders Park, South Australia.
Private Robert Bowles enlisted on 7 October 1941 and saw service in various States of Australia. In July 1943 he was hospitalised with a foreign body in his eye and cordite burns. On 16 June 1945 Pvte Bowles embarked for the Netherlands East Indies, arriving at Morotai on 29 June 1945. In October 1945 he saw service with AMFORCE and on 7 December he was accidentally injured suffering multiple detonator wounds to his right hand whilst serving with the 63rd Australian Infantry Battalion. He was evacuated to Ambon and on 19 December he boarded RAAF aircraft CIZ for medical evacuation to Australia but sadly the aircraft was not heard from again and Pvte Bowles was later listed as dying at sea on 19 December 1945.
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