Keith Andrew Joseph BOWES

BOWES, Keith Andrew Joseph

Service Number: 23427
Enlisted: 1 August 1939
Last Rank: Leading Stoker
Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 9 June 1922
Home Town: Tumblong, Gundagai, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Scholar
Died: Killed in Action, HMAS Sydney 11, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 19 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 57, Column 3 No known grave Roll of Honour - Wagga, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Gundagai Anzac Grove War Memorial, Gundagai War Memorial, Tumblong War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

1 Aug 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Stoker, 23427, Enlisted at Sydney
1 Aug 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23427
3 Sep 1939: Involvement 23427, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Dockeray Bowes and Maud Lilian Bowes of Tumblong, NSW