Pte
Matthew William Bowden
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1875 |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 6541 |
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Units: — Australian Infantry, 28th Bn. (Western Australia) (Last known unit) — Australian Infantry, 28th Bn. (Western Australia) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 20/09/1917 |
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Age: 42 |
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: XXX Row: A Grave: 12 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Sources 2
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28th Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/45/30). https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, BOWDEN M W). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx. Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480126 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=02e7c388-b616-4641-b926-57a930e6d7a6 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7365680 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=28320 |