Soldier profiles
Name : BOWDEN, THOMAS
Service Number : VX71271
Date of Birth : 12/02/1912
Place of Birth : BALLARAT, VIC
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 17/01/1942
Locality on Enlistment : CAMBERWELL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : RAWLINGS
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 03/05/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6113843 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, P_BOWDEN_1.jpg
Background : Enlisted 02/01/1942. Transferred to Port Moresby 06/08/1943. Transferred to Townsville 13/02/1944. Sailed to Morotai on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb on 16/04/1945. Moved to Tarakan 22/04/1945 then back to Morotai 18/05/1945 and then to Balikpapan 22/06/1945. Finished being transferred back through a number of Battalions and was finally discharged on 03/05/1946 at rank of Corporal.
