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BOWMAKER, Jack Kenneth
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX11779 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, 25 November 1918 |
| Home Town: | Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ayr, Queensland, 16 May 1981, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ayr Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 8 May 1941: | Involvement Corporal, QX11779, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
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| 8 May 1941: | Enlisted Corporal, QX11779, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX11779, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, Camp: Malaya; Theatre of War: Malaya/Singapore; "Fall of Singapore", Allied Forces - Surrendered to Japanese Forces: 15/02/1942, date officially recognised (POW, Prisoner of War); 15/08/1945, date officially recognised, when Japanese Forces surrendered to the Allied Forces of the Commonwealth in the Second World War. | |
| 18 Jun 1946: | Discharged Lance Corporal, QX11779, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX11779, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Leslie Walter BOWMAKER & Eva Rose (nee STEER) BOWMAKER.
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