Studio portrait of 245 Private (Pte) James Lynn Bowman, 26th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld, ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Mouquet Farm
Accession Number P05301.051
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Sydney Mail
Place made Australia: Queensland
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 245 Private (Pte) James Lynn Bowman, 26th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld, originally of Greenock, Scotland. A baker prior to enlisting on 25 April 1915, he embarked from Brisbane, Qld, aboard HMAT Ascanius on 24 May 1915. He was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France, on 5 August 1916, aged 23.