WWI AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE MEDAL AND ATTESTATION PAPER - W.C. BOWKER, NO. 236, 13TH BATTALION

A WORLD WAR I MEDAL ACCOMPANIED BY A PRINTED COPY OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE ATTESTATION PAPER FOR WILLIAM CHARLES BOWKER, SERVICE NUMBER 236, 13TH BATTALION.

MEDAL:
A SINGLE MEDAL IS PRESENT, DISPLAYED IN A SMALL RESEALABLE PLASTIC BAG LABELLED WITH HANDWRITTEN TEXT READING W.C BOWKER, SER 236, WWI. THE MEDAL APPEARS TO BE A BRITISH WAR MEDAL BASED ON ITS VISIBLE FORM. THE RIBBON IS PRESENT BUT SHOWS FADING AND FRAYING CONSISTENT WITH AGE.

ATTESTATION PAPER DETAILS (AS VISIBLE ON PRINTED DOCUMENT):
THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT IS A PRINTED COPY OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE ATTESTATION PAPER OF PERSONS ENLISTED FOR SERVICE ABROAD, SOURCED FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA (RECORDSEARCH.NAA.GOV.AU). THE DOCUMENT REFERENCE NUMBER D 7456 IS VISIBLE AT THE UPPER LEFT.

* NAME: BOWKER, WILLIAM CHARLES
* SERVICE NUMBER: 236
* UNIT: C 13TH BATTN (13TH BATTALION)
* DATE JOINED: 22.9.1914
* PARISH: DAWES POINT
* TOWN: SYDNEY
* COUNTY: N.S.W.
* NATIONALITY: NATURAL BORN (BRITISH SUBJECT)
* AGE: TWENTY ONE YRS 7 MOS
* TRADE OR CALLING: STOREMAN
* MARRIED: NO
* NEXT OF KIN: (FATHER) BOWKER JOHN, 45 YORK ST NORTH, SYDNEY N.S.W.
* PRIOR SERVICE: IRISH RIFLES, 1 3/4M 23RD INFANTRY, STILL SERVING

THE DOCUMENT IS STAMPED DECEASED IN BLUE ACROSS THE UPPER SECTION.

A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON THE PLASTIC BAG READS RELATED TO BANKS [NX96687], SUGGESTING A FAMILY CONNECTION TO A WWII SERVICEPERSON.



Item Size: Height: 3cm, Width: 10cm, Depth: 15cm, Weight: 1.3Kg

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

293645+292

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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