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BOWDA, Samson
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX7391 |
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Enlisted: | 1 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Yadina, Queensland, Australia, 4 February 1906 |
Home Town: | Bli Bli, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Tobruk, Libya, 15 May 1941, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on Column 89 El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Townsville 2/12th Battalion Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX7391 | |
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1 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
1 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7391, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion | |
15 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, QX7391, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
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