Errol Jonathan BOWMAN

BOWMAN, Errol Jonathan

Service Number: SX9304
Enlisted: 20 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Born: Peterborough, SA, 21 March 1905
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Wilmington School
Occupation: Labourer - Waterworks Dept.
Died: Daw Park, SA, 28 February 1964, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

20 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, SX9304
20 Jul 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX9304
25 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX9304, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of J & A BOWMAN of Royal Avenue, Adelaide, SA.  Married with two children, Jack was educated at Wilmington School and played football for Wilmington and also for the Aldgate Club.  In early life he worked int he S.A. Railways but then transeferred to the Waterworks Depoartment from where he enlisted in June 1940.  He was sent to Alice Springs and then to Melbourne from where he left Australian in January 1942.  His two brothers served in the Great War, harold with the 27th Battalion was killed in action and Roy returned after the Armistice.  Errol was reported missing in Batavia.

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