Ronald Ernest BOWEN

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BOWEN, Ronald Ernest

Service Number:	SX10434
Enlisted:	30 November 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Surrey, England, 30 September 1919
Home Town:	Mount Lofty, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Hawker, South Australia, 28 February 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Stirling District Cemetery, S.A. Church of England Section - Row 436 - Grave 1188, Stirling Cemetery, Stirling, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

30 Nov 1940:	Involvement SX10434
30 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
30 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX10434, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
28 Feb 1941:	Involvement Private, SX10434, Australian Employment Company
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Possible birth record but the year of registration is 1922.

Births Dec 1922 Bowen Ronald E Gascoine Reigate 2a 306

Mother's maiden surname Gascoine.

Ronald served with the Australian Infantry-A.I.F. 3 Emp. Company.

He was killed on Friday, February 28, 1941 whilst attempting to board a moving train.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Chronicle (Adelaide) Thursday 6 March 1941

Private Ronald Ernest Bowen died in the Hawker Hospital on Friday from injuries received when he was struck by a train at the Hawker railway station on Thursday afternoon. It is believed that he was attempting to board the train after it had started to move, caught his foot in a rail, and was unable to get clear of the train. Mounted Constable Gelly of Hawker will submit a report to the coroner. Private Bowen was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Bowen, of Mount Lofty

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