New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

55366

About

Born in New Zealand

6 November 1875

Parents

Mother

Annie Bowker

Father

Charles Bowker

Residence

Hometown

Auckland

Work

Occupation

Farmer

Employer

Own

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Amy Bertha Bowker

Army Experience

South African War (1899-1902)

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 55

20 February 1931

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 103/0016767, 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, “Charles Henry Bowker (1875-1931)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/61