Informal portrait of the Bowd family of Mt Gambier, SA. Mrs Henri Iona Mabel Greta Bowd (Omie); ...

Accession Number P07345.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: South Australia, Mount Gambier
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of the Bowd family of Mt Gambier, SA. Mrs Henri Iona Mabel Greta Bowd (Omie); SX13191 Private (Pte) William Rex Bowd; their sons Colin Joseph Bowd and Douglas Rex (Jim) Bowd. Pte Bowd, aged 27, died on 5 November 1942 as a result of wounds received in action at El Alamein.