BOWDEN, Mathew
| Service Number: | 401 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers (Catholic) College, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 401, 9th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 401, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 401, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 17 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
An original of C Company of the 9th Battalion, Bowden served at the Anzac Landing and was wounded in the right arm on that first day. He was evacuated to Malta to recover and rejoined the 9th Battalion at Gallipoli during July 1915. He was soon promoted Corporal and then Sergeant before the evacuation. He was transferred to the 49th Battalion during the reorganisation of the AIF in Egypt during early 1916.
He was killed in action on the 28 January 1916 and reported to be buried in Switch Trench Cemetery, a little East of the Flers-Longueval road, which contained 110 (mainly Australian) graves of 1916-17. His remains were relocated to the Guards Cemetery during late 1919.
His widowed mother, Mary Anne Bowden, of South Yarra, Victoria, received his awards and a pension in respect to his death.