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| Surname | | BOWEN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Percy Burnett Garfield |
| Regimental Number | | 498 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | SA |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: BOWEN Percy Bernard G.
Source:# 416 .303 rifle carved Trooper P. Bowen No. 498 SAIB Boer War.
URL1: BOWEN Percy Burnett Garfield (signature Percy GB BOWEN) a blacksmith aged 18 born in Kensington, next of kin father Hopkin BOWEN Kensington, Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
Newbury1: BOWDEN Percy Burnett Garfield.
URL2: 'C'Sqn. 3rd Troop SAIB arrived in Albany WA 22.4.1902 from Capetown via Durban per 'Manchester Merchant' for Adelaide.
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| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 369
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 416
Newbury1: South Australians and the South African War page(s) 5
Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 23.4.1902
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| External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=4079649&I=1&SE=1 |
| External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55668198 |
| External Link URL3 | | bwm.org.au/site/Percival_Bowen.php |
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