Douglas Arthur BOWMAN

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BOWMAN, Douglas Arthur

Service Number:	SX442
Enlisted:	20 October 1939, Port Pirie, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gulnare, South Australia, Australia, 25 July 1916
Home Town:	Gulnare, South Australia
Schooling:	Gulnare Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 28 December 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B6 A 13
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulnare Bowman Memorial Gates

World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Private, SX442, Port Pirie, South Australia
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX442, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
14 Jul 1941:	Wounded Private, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, GSW (both legs)
28 Dec 1942:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SX442, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Michael Sydney O’Brien (SX467) served with Doug Bowman SX442.

Mick wrote this letter in response to a request from Mr Ashby (probably Tom E), to attend the opening of the D A Bowman “Memorial Arch Gates” on April 14th 1956, at the entrance to the Gulnare Recreation Grounds.

Mick (formerly from Georgetown SA) unfortunately was unable to attend the Opening Ceremony because of a War ‘injury’ received in Tobruk.

The letter can be viewed by opening the link to the left titled " Mick's Story".

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Arthur and Lilian Jane Bowman, of Gulnare, South Australia.

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE

Biography contributed

Biography written by Lili Bowman from St Mark's College, attached as a document. Winning entry for 2024 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.

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