Marshall Vivian Muir BOWNESS

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BOWNESS, Marshall Vivian Muir

Service Number:	411212
Enlisted:	27 April 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 20 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1916
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Hurstville & Sydney Technical Colleges, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Flying Battle, Roti Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 28 January 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. Column 9.
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 411212
27 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 411212
28 Jan 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 411212, No. 20 Squadron (RAAF), Darwin, Northern Territory

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Marshall Vivian Muir BOWNESS was born in Ryde, NSW on 12th November, 1916

His parents were Harry Vivian BOWNESS & Florence Caroline Flegg MUIR who married in Sydney in 1915

He married Vera PURVIS in Sydney on 7th December, 1940 - two known children, Ronda & John

He enlisted with the RAAF on 27th April, 1941 and died in a Flying Battle on Roti Island on 28th January, 1945 whilst in a Catalina Aircraft A24 -204 - his death was presumed with no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, Ambon War Memorial & Catalina Base Memorial, Rathmines, NSW

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