Info: Australian? Allied Unit, Steward, John Osborne Bowden, H.M.A.H.S. Centaur, Australian (MN)

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    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Any information would be appreciated.

    :poppy:

    Need assistance on Who/Where/What/How for this man who is on the Australian Commemorative Roll which is for those "Australians" who died in other Allied Services. If proved not to be "Australian" their names will not be removed from the Commemorative Roll however their details will be updated accordingly.

    I have researched the Air Force members but there are many more Land and Sea deaths in a myriad of different forces.

    There is not a lot of information on these people that can be accessed easily and I ask your assistance to fill in at least some of the gaps.

    Hopefully some relatives may see this thread and add more.

    I will make a different thread for each along the way as they may tend to get lost if clumped together.

    In Memory of
    Steward JOHN OSBORNE BOWDEN

    H.M.A.H.S. Centaur, Australian Merchant Navy
    who died age 32
    on 14 May 1943
    Husband of Elizabeth Bowden, of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales.
    Remembered with honour
    SYDNEY MEMORIAL

    Commemorative Roll - John Osborne Bowden

    Rank: 1st Steward
    Unit: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur
    Service: Merchant Navy
    Conflict: 1939-1945
    Date of death: 14 May 1943
    Place of death: At sea, off Brisbane, Queensland
    Cause of death: Killed in action
    Cemetery or memorial details: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales



    From: Family History : the "PersonPage" for John Osborne Bowden

    Alexander Bowden
    b. 02 Jul 1885
    d. 16 Apr 1951
    m. 30 Dec 1910
    (Kelvin, Glasgow, LKS)
    Georgina White
    b. 06 May 1891
    d. 15 Jul 1977

    John Osborne Bowden
    b. 20 Nov 1911
    d. 14 May 1943

    George Rendall Bowden
    b. 07 Jul 1913
    d. 21 Jun 1999

    Peter Anderson Bowden
    b. 15 May 1915
    d. 13 Mar 1992

    Annie Rendall McNaughton Bowden
    b. 25 Nov 1917
    d. 18 Mar 1992

    Samuel Bowden
    b. 23 Mar 1920
    d. 29 Nov 1998

    Georgina White Bowden
    b. 17 Feb 1924
    d. 27 Nov 1958

    Margaret Warren Bowden
    b. 09 Oct 1927
    d. 23 Oct 1983

    John Osborne Bowden was born on 20 Nov 1911.
    He was born at Possilpark, Glasgow, LKS.

    John Osborne Bowden died on 14 May 1943 at At sea, Australia
    John died on HMAHS Centaur, torpedoed by a Japanese Submarine, off the coast of Australia, in WW2.

    John Osborne Bowden
    b. 20 Nov 1911
    d. 14 May 1943
    m. 26 May 1939
    (Sydney, Australia)
    Elizabeth Morris
    b. (suppressed)
    d. ----
    BOWDEN.-A tribute of remembrance to (Jock) John Osborne Bowden, lost Centaur, May 14. 1943. Beloved husband of Betty.
     

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