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In memory of:

Private James Bowie

Military service

Service number: 629962
Age: 41
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division: 47th Battalion
Birth: March 8, 1878 Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment: August 20, 1915 British Columbia
Death: March 24, 1919

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: N.C. Sect. 4. 26.

ROOIDAM MILITARY CEMETERY Free State, South Africa

The cemetery contains over 70 War Graves, as well as a special memorial to 21 soldiers and labourers buried in the unfenced African Cemetery 1 kilometre further South. A War Cross is erected at the entrance. The burials are mainly from the Tempe Hospital.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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