BOWKER  P.J.

Given Names:  Percy John

               

Service Number:  7449

Unit:  7th Battalion, 25th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  40 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Station Manager                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/5/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Margaretta Mary Louise Bowker

42 Molesworth Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  4/8/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Themistocles A32

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Dongola 

Embarked:  26/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  25/8/1919

Unit:  15th Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                   

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  17/9/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  67962

Victory Medal:  65282

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/12/1874

Place:  Camperdown, Victoria                  

Father:  John BOWKER                           

Mother:  Eliza LORD

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1904     

Place:             

Spouse: Margaretta Mary Louise TANGYE

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1959                                 

Place: Parkville, Victoria                          

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary