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Name: C S BOWMAN
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 836 Squadron, K Flight
Ship/station: M.V. Empire MacDermott
Date of death: 1944-04-23
Aircraft: Swordfish II NF144
Place of death: Beeston, L A; Gaston, H; Williams, W E
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of William James and Sarah Ann Bowman (nee Judson), of Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Christchurch, New Zealand
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 836 Squadron, K Flight
Ship/station: M.V. Empire MacDermott
Date of death: 1944-04-23
Aircraft: Swordfish II NF144
Place of death: Beeston, L A; Gaston, H; Williams, W E
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of William James and Sarah Ann Bowman (nee Judson), of Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Christchurch, New Zealand
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