William Eric BOWEN

BOWEN, William Eric

Service Number: NX105107
Enlisted: 31 July 1942, Medowie, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Millers Forest, New South Wales, 30 August 1922
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 16 July 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Plot QQ, Row C, Grave 4 Roll of Honour Muswellbrook, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX105107
31 Jul 1942: Enlisted Medowie, New South Wales
31 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX105107, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Other service number N156240

2/1 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Joseph Cornelius and Agnes Mary Bowen, of Muswellbrook, New South Wales