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Military service
Service number:
A/71129
Age:
25
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
April 14, 1918
Wallaceburg, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 12, 1942
Niagara Camp, Ontario
Death:
December 19, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 5.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Eliza (Cooper) and Harry Bowers of Wallaceburg, Ontario. Brother of William Frederick. Husband of Edna Kathleen (nee Cowley) Bowers of Chatham, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Corporal Floyd Merritt Bowers
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Temporary Grave Marker
Grave site at the Morro River Cemetery, Ortona, Italy. On the reverse of this photo, it states " This is a temporary wooden Cross, which the Imperial War Graves Commission will replace with a permanent Headstone." It also indicates the Graves Registration & Inquiries (Records) C.A.F. "G5 RG Pl3" -
Photo of Floyd Bowers
while in service, somewhere in Italy. (no further information is provided with the photo) -
Photo of FLOYD MERRITT BOWERS
This picture is of our uncle, whom we never met as he gave his life in Ortona in December 1943.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Floyd Merritt Bowers
Digital gallery of
Corporal Floyd Merritt Bowers
Digital gallery of
Corporal Floyd Merritt Bowers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 138 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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