BOWMAKER, John Montague
| Service Number: | 161 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hurstville Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cabinet Maker |
| Died: | Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), At Sea (HS Aquitania - near Gibraltar), 22 September 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Municipality of Hurstville Pictorial Honour Roll No 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 12 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 161, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' |
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| 12 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 161, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 19 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 161, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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John Montague BOWMAKER was born on 25th June 1893 in Hurstville, Sydney , NSW
His parents were James Henry BOWMAKER and Florence Esther BAGOT
He enlisted on 30th January, 1915 with the Australian Army - he was with the 17th Battalion, A Company - Unit embarked from Sydney on transport ship Themistocles on 12th May, 1915
John was wounded in action at Quinns Post, Gallipoli on 19th September, 1915 and was transferred to the Hospital ship Aquitania where he died from his wounds at sea on 22nd September, 1915 at Gibraltar on his way to England - cause of death was jaundice & gun shot wounds.
He is listed on the Lone Pine Memorial, the Australian War Memorial and the Hurstville War Memorial in Sydney -
He received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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Sydney Morning Herald - 5th October, 1915
BOWMAKER.- Killed in action Sept 22, Pte, John (Jack) M Bowmaker aged 22 years. 17th Battalion , A Company, 5th Infantry Brigade
"To manhood days I brought him, And then he heard the call
To manhood days I brought him, And then I gave my all.
Inserted by his loving Mother, Brothers & Sisters, Dora Street, Hurstville.
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'Where God had set him in the fight,
He held the field, fought on, fought on,
And so fell fighting for the right"
Inserted by his loving sister Bell Glover and brother in law Private Bert Glover, 1st Battalion.
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Sydney Morning Herald 23rd September, 1916
BOWMAKER.- A tribute of loving memory of my darling son & brother, Private John M Bowmaker (Jack), 17th Battalion, died of wounds on hospital ship Aquitania received at Quinns Post
"What peaceful hours we once enjoyed, How sweet his memory still,
But he has left aching hearts, This world can never fill.""
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"He did his duty, as a sodier and a man"
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"No tomb shall e'er plead to remembrance for thee
Oh brother, comrade, peace to thy soul"
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This
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