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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

James Bowie

In memory of:

Private James Bowie

March 24, 1919

Military Service


Service Number:

629962

Age:

41

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Battalion

Additional Information


Born:

March 8, 1878
Edinburgh, Scotland

Enlistment:

August 20, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ROOIDAM MILITARY CEMETERY
Free State, South Africa

Grave Reference:

N.C. Sect. 4. 26.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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