James Bowden

1885-1958

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60418

About

Born in Ireland

19 September 1885
Parents

Mother

Margaret Bowden

Father

Richard Bowden

Settled in New Zealand

1908
Work

Occupation

Lighterman
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 72

2 June 1958

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5520 102/0016643, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Bowden (1885-1958)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/59