Reginald Alfred BOWLEY

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BOWLEY, Reginald Alfred

Service Number:	SX3186
Enlisted:	21 May 1940, Wayville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 1 Independent Company
Born:	Clare, South Australia, 27 December 1917
Home Town:	Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural causes, Clare, South Australia, 8 November 2000, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Clare General Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

21 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX3186, Wayville, South Australia
22 May 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3186, Army Training Units, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
7 Dec 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX3186, No. 1 Independent Company, Australia's Northern Periphery
13 Dec 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX3186, No. 1 Independent Company

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Rootsweb ID: I450198 Birth Record: 14 July 1921 in Clare, South Australia

Father Alfred John Bowley - b. 1885 - 24/4/1964
Mother Olive Mary Bowley (nee Stribling) - b. 18/8/1887 - Stockport, SA - 6/2/1974 - Norwood, SA
both buried in Clare Cemetery, Clare, SA.

Siblings:
Brother Robert George Bowley b. 27/12/1917 in Clare, SA - d.
Sister Ruth Margaret Bowley - b. 17/12/1922 in Clare, SA
Sister Mary Olive Dickson (nee Bowley) b. 1924 Clare, SA - d. 4/10/2003, Clare, SA

NOK in service:
Brother:
416015 WWII - Flying Officer Robert George Bowley (DFC)
      RAAF - 10 Squadron
    3/3/1941 enlisted into WWII
          29/1/1943   London Gazette - awarded DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
    17/5/1943   killed in flying accident - over Atlantic Ocean (at sea) - off UK Coast

Brother-in-law:
2292 WWI - Private Darcy Elliot Dickson MM
Wife: Mary Olive Dickson (Bowley) - b. 1924 Clare, SA - d. 4/10/2003, Clare, SA
son:    Guy Dickson (b. 1966)
                    1st Australian Stationary Hospital, 3rd Field Ambulance
         24/11/1914   enlisted
         1/4/1915       embarked Outer Harbour onboard HMAT Port Lincoln
         served in Gallipoli
         8/8/1919       discharged from service
         15/9/1971     passed away in Collinswood, SA
         cremated in: Centennial Park Cemetery
                           RSL Section, Wall 117, Niche C001

Step nephew: (Mary's step-son & Darcy's son from 1st marriage):
442903 WWII - Warren Dickson
                          RAAF - Leading Aircraftman - Area Finance Office Adelaide
     25/3/1944    enlisted in Adelaide
     17/7/1945    discharged
     12/2/2004    passed away Daw Park
     cremated:     Centennial Park Cemetery
                  Derrick Gardens, Path 56, Grave 1370B
                  Interment Right Expiry 31/05/2056

21/5/1940 Reginald enlisted into WWII at Clare, SA
place of enlistment at Wayville, SA

Corporal in Discharge 1 Independent Company

31/12/1944 discharged from service

Married: Glenda Claire Bowley (nee Scott) - b. 14/2/1921 - d. 5/7/2013
Children: Pamela, Helen, Geoffey and Margaret Bowley

8/11/2000     passed away
buried in:       Clare Cemetery
                     family gravesite - buried with parents

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 4/6/2016. Lest we forget.

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