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BOWMAN, Errol Stephen
| Service Number: | 4444 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia, 15 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia, 11 November 1973, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kadina Cemetery, South Australia Plot/Grave/Niche Path 55 Block 57 |
| Memorials: | Wallaroo St Mary The Virgin Anglican Church Memorial Certificate, Wallaroo WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4444, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4444, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4444, 10th Infantry Battalion |
MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
The Register (Adelaide, SA: 1901 - 1929) Wednesday 26 July 1916
MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
The following message received by Mrs. T. Bowman came from Pte. Errol Bowman, who is now at the front. It was thrown overboard from the transport and enclosed in a bottle on February 9:—"Please will the one who finds this bottle kindly forward on this slip of paper to Mrs. Tom Bowman, Bagot street, Wallaroo? We are now somewhere in the Australian Bight, where exactly I cannot tell. We are having a pretty good trip up to date. Any amount have been seasick, but we are both well. When I say 'we,' I mean Stephen Staunton and myself. We are now three days at sea, and hope to be in Fremantle on Friday night.—Errol Stephen Bowman." The message was posted from Wes- tern Australia, with the following note:— "Fanny Cove" June 8, 1916—"The enclosed was found by me on May 29, on the east coast, of Western Australia, about 80 mile west from Esperance Bay —Miss Blanche May Harris, care of M. R. J. Moir, Fanny Cove, via Esperance Bay."
Submitted 28 August 2014 by Al Staunton
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