John Everley BOWDEN

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Service Number:	SX3084
Enlisted:	21 May 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Clare, South Australia, Australia , 14 March 1916
Home Town:	Leabrook, City of Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 11 November 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave Number: Section B, Plot 2, Row A, Grave 12 (B2.A.12). Inscription: "Forever, we will remember you."
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 May 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, SX3084
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX3084, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
11 Nov 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/3rd Pioneer Battalion, Wounded in action on 18th October 1943 (gunshot wound to the skull). Succumbed to his injuries on 11th November 1943 at the Australian General Hospital.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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