| Accession Number | P06818.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain |
| Date made | c 1940 - 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of Private (Pte) (later Acting Corporal) SX1751 Percy Hopkin Bowen, 2/10 ...
Description
Informal portrait of Private (Pte) (later Acting Corporal) SX1751 Percy Hopkin Bowen, 2/10 Battalion, of Charleston, SA. Pte Bowen was a cheesemaker before enlisting in Adelaide, SA on 19 February 1940. He embarked from Sydney for Scotland for training on 15 May 1940. He then served in the Middle East from late 1940, before returning to Australia, arriving on 11 February 1942. On 9 August 1942 he was promoted to Acting Corporal, and he arrived in New Guinea on 14 August 1942. He was killed in action in Papua on 26 December 1942, at the age of 25.