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BOWEN, William Eric
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX105107 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX105107 | |
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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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Other service number N156240
2/1 Battalion
Rank - Private
Son of Joseph Cornelius and Agnes Mary Bowen, of Muswellbrook, New South Wales