BOWMAN, Arthur Percy
| Service Number: | 7016 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Condoblin Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Condobolin Public School Great War Memorial Gates, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes RSL Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7016, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7016, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7016, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur's parents were Percy Stephen and Clara Bowman, who managed a number of Commercial Bank branches in Northern NSW, including Glen Innes and Parkes.
Arthur's brother, Lieutenant Geoffrey Charles Bowman, 56th Battalionn, returned to Australia (having lost a leg) during early 1918. His sister served in the Australian Army Nursing Service and served overseas. Sister May Isobel Bowman, later married Captain Robert C. Grieve, VC, whom she had nursed in England.
The Condobolin Recorder reported on 25 September 1918, PRIVATE ARTHUR BOWMAN.
"Just after we went to press last Wednesday the shocking news came through that the abovenamed fine young man, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bowman, had been killed in action on the 31st August. We
have used the term "shocking," for truly every one in town received a shock, and expressions of deep sorrow could be heard on all sides. Arthur was a handsome, splendid type of young man, a favorite from boyhood days. The shock to his parents, who could be justly proud of him, can scarcely be realised, especially in view of the fact that the elder brother, Geoffrey, a lieutenant, had previously suffered the loss of a leg — but was, fortunately, recently invalided home. Arthur sailed about 11 months ago, having en listed from Parkes, where he had had been 2½ years engaged in the Commercial Bank, so that at most he could only have been a very short time in the battle field. We join in tendering our sincerest sympathy with the bereaved parents and family."