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BOWKETT, Edwin James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX12062 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mackay, Qld, Australia, 16 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 13 September 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 15, Labuan Memorial (within Labuan War Cemetery) Labuan Federal Territory. Roll of Honour: Walkerston, Mackay Region, Queensland. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX12062 | |
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| 24 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, QX12062, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX12062, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia | |
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX12062, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 6 Sep 1944: | Embarked Private, QX12062, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked with(1318-POW'S) Ship: "Rakuyo Maru", Singapore; Japanese - Convoy of ships: "HI-72"; Destination: Mainland of Japan - mines; Date and Location of Disaster: 12/09/1944, Off east coast of Hainan Island, Sth China Sea; Cause of Disaster: Unmarked Japanese Transport Ship, "Rakuyo Maru" was torpedoed by USA-submarine - "Sea Lion" |
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