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Military service
Service number:
J4744
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
February 3, 1915
Three Hills, Alberta
Death:
January 10, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 12. Block C. Grave 1.
Additional information
Son of Charles Lionel and Blanche Loraine Bowhay, of Three Hills, Alberta.
Brother of Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay who died on July 23, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
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Funeral
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Funeral
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Funeral
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Funeral
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Funeral
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Photo of SAMUEL LESLIE BOWHAY
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Photo of SAMUEL LESLIE BOWHAY
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Grave marker
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Grave Marker
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT SAMUEL L. BOWHAY R. C. A. F. 10th Jan. 1945 Steadfast, Sam Died to Save His Crew -
Photo of Samuel Leslie Bowhay
The Bowhay Brothers (missing is Robert) of Three Hills, AB with father “Doc” Bowhay.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 497 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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THREE HILLS CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
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