Abraham Bowson

Born 16.03.1884    Place Lomza, Poland    Ethnic origin Jewish    Religion Jewish

Wife Jetta (Yetta) Bowson

Arrived at Australia

Residence before enlistment Camperdown, Clarence Siding, Blue Mountains, Newtown, NSW

Occupation 1914 labourer; 1917 dealer; 1940 baker and cook

Service

service number 7372   enlisted 10.02.1917   POE Sydney

unit 3rd Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1918      casualties WIA 1918

final fate RTA 7.06.1918       discharged 23.08.1918

Naturalisation 1914

Residence after the war Sydney

WWII served 1940-41, 16th Garrison Battalion

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised WWI service records (NAA)

WWII service records (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Age seemed to present no major obstacle to enlistment [during WWII], however: some of the men simply ‘adjusted’ their birthdates, and the authorities regularly failed to insist on documentary proof. [...] Abraham Bowson, who had been wounded at Hazebrouck in 1918, ‘adjusted’ his birthdate for this enlistment (from 1884) to 1900.

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