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BOWES, Charles Henry
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 249 |
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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).