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Private JAMES DOUGLAS BOWIE

Service Number: 1256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

8th Infantry (Transvaal Scottish)

Date of Death

Died 30 March 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LUDERITZ MUNICIPAL CEMETERY

B. 13.

Namibia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah McGowan (formerly Bowie), of 46, Married Quarters, Gold Mining Co. Van Rijn, New Modderfontein, Transvaal, and the late William Taylor Bowie. Born at Roodeport.
  • Personal Inscription 'SONNIE' YOUR DUTY NOBLY DONE
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