Charles Henry BOWES

BOWES, Charles Henry

Service Number: 249
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: New South Wales, Australia, 1877
Home Town: Morpeth, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Henry Bowes was born about 1877 in New South Wales. He served in The South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 249 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 480 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF, WW1.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).