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Sergeant ROBERT PAINE BOWDEN

Service Number: 409073
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY

Grave 55.

Zimbabwe

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Percy Robert and Catherine Jean Bowden, of Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE HAD WISHED
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Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 170
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