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BOWMAN, Alexander Duncan
(Service number 74375)

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Birth

Date 02/11/1897 Place of Birth Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/o P. O., Temuka
Occupation Driver
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mr A. BOWMAN (father), Okaiawa P. O., Taranaki
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Military Awards

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Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farm manager

Death

Date 22 August 1973 Age 75 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 20, Block 715
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander Duncan Bowman was the son of Alexander and Mary Ellen (née McCallum) Bowman. He was educated at Albury School. Late in 1917 he was selected by lot from the First Division and called up. Alex married Edna Gladys Niles in 1919. After Edna's death in 1953, he married Flora.

Sources

Timaru Herald, 4 December 1917 (Papers Past) [08 August 2015]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [22 December 2019]; Temuka Cemetery headstone images (Timaru District Council) [22 December 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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