Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 25th Bn.
Son of John and Florence Bowers, of Biboohra, Queensland. Born at Jericho, Queensland.
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Regimental number 35
Place of birth Jericho, QueenslandSchool Kundra State School, QueenslandReligion Church of EnglandOccupation ButcherAddress Kuranda, QueenslandMarital status SingleAge at embarkation 20Next of kin Mother, Mrs Florence Bowers, Kuranda, QueenslandPrevious military service NilEnlistment date 23 January 1915Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 19 January 1915Rank on enlistment PrivateUnit name 25th Battalion, A CompanyAWM Embarkation Roll number 23/42/1Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915Rank from Nominal Roll Lance CorporalUnit from Nominal Roll 25th BattalionFate Killed in Action 29 July 1916Place of death or wounding Pozieres, Somme Sector, FranceDate of death 29 July 1916Age at death 22Age at death from cemetery records 22Place of burial No known grave
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 25th Bn.
Son of John and Florence Bowers, of Biboohra, Queensland. Born at Jericho, Queensland.
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Regimental number 35
Place of birth Jericho, QueenslandSchool Kundra State School, QueenslandReligion Church of EnglandOccupation ButcherAddress Kuranda, QueenslandMarital status SingleAge at embarkation 20Next of kin Mother, Mrs Florence Bowers, Kuranda, QueenslandPrevious military service NilEnlistment date 23 January 1915Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 19 January 1915Rank on enlistment PrivateUnit name 25th Battalion, A CompanyAWM Embarkation Roll number 23/42/1Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915Rank from Nominal Roll Lance CorporalUnit from Nominal Roll 25th BattalionFate Killed in Action 29 July 1916Place of death or wounding Pozieres, Somme Sector, FranceDate of death 29 July 1916Age at death 22Age at death from cemetery records 22Place of burial No known grave
Family Members
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George Henry Bowers
1897–1987
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James Owen Bowers
1900–1974
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Charles Herbert Bowers
1902–1981
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Leslie William Bowers
1905–1948
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SERGEANT Godfrey Norman Bowers
1907–1988
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Walter Keeble Bowers
1910–1994
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Florence Esme Bowers Christensen
1913–1993
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Victor Stanley Bowers
1916–2010
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PVT Ernest John Thomas Bowers
1919–2010
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