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Claude Herbert BOWKER

Regimental number1330
Place of birthBrighton, Sussex, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine driver
AddressToowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ida May Bowker, Toowoomba PO, Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date22 December 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Corporal
Unit nameRailway Unit, Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
FateReturned to Australia 9 February 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Mabel BOWKER.
Other detailsMedals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death16 August 1939
Age at death52
Place of burialDalley Cemetery, Queensland

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