Frank Richard Bowie

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First Name:

Frank

Middle Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Bowie

Date of Birth:

Sunday, June 18, 1893

Mother's Name:

Mary (nee Carratt)

Father's Name:

David Walter Bowie

Date Enlisted:

Tuesday, March 14, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

4th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Tuesday, December 11, 1928

Place of Death:

Wentworth Falls

Details:

Frank Bowie (Service No 5977) was born in Wollongong, NSW in 1893. When he finished school he joined the Salvation Army. Frank was accepted for training by the Salvation Army on 16th July 1912 and was appointed to the Corps on 20th August 1913. At the time of enlistment he was a single 23 year old Salvation Army Officer.

Frank embarked on HMAT A18 Wiltshire with 19th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion on 22nd August 1916. He arrived in England in October 1916 and was at Larkhill camp until he went to France on 4th December 1917. In July and August 1917 he was visited in Larkhill by his Father.

On 21st March 1918 while engaged in the desperate fighting to halt the German advance Frank was wounded in action. He was evacuated to England for treatment to gun shot wounds to his right thigh and a fractured femur. He recovered from his wounds but was later re-admitted to hospital and diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).

Frank returned to Australia in May 1919 still being treated for TB and finally discharged medically unfit on 30th October 1920. On 23rd April 1921 he married Florence Dymock. Frank died at Wentworth Falls in December, 1928 and is buried in the Wentworth Falls Cemetery.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, BOWIE F R