Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Name‘Claude’ Herbert Bowker 
[290], [5, Birth Cert, Brighton, Sx], [3, His birth, Q4 of 1887, Brighton dist, vol 2b, p. 238], [16, His death index from Queensland State records, ref 1939/C/295]
[290], [5, Birth Cert, Brighton, Sx], [3, His birth, Q4 of 1887, Brighton dist, vol 2b, p. 238], [16, His death index from Queensland State records, ref 1939/C/295]Birth20 Oct 1887, 4 Pelham Street, Brighton
Death16 Aug 1939, Dalby Hospital, Nr Brisbane, Australia [290]
GeneralEmigrated to Oz in 1900s. L/Cpl in Australian Army 1914 to 1919. Only child. Loco fireman.
FatherHerbert Bowker (1851->1911)
MotherMabel Lybbe (ca1866-1945)
Spouses
Marriage18 Apr 1916, General Registry Office, Brisbane, Queensland
Notes for ‘Claude’ Herbert Bowker
Only child.
While he was registered only as Herbert, by the 1891 census he was Claude Herbert.
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The Australian Commonwealth Military Forces site, http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=28682, says he was buried at Dalley Cemetery, Queensland.
Here’s his embarkation on 20th Aug 1914:
Claude Herbert BOWKER
Regimental number 47
Religion Protestant
Occupation Fireman
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 27
Next of kin Herbert Bowker, Nigil Gold Mining Coy near Heidelburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Enlistment date 20 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 9th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board A5, S.S. Omrah on 24 September 1914
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) see other
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And again on 11 May 1917:
Claude Herbert BOWKER
Regimental number 1330
Place of birth Brighton, Sussex, England
Religion Church of England
Occupation Engine driver
Address Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Ida May Bowker, Toowoomba PO, Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date 22 December 1916
Rank on enlistment 2nd Corporal
Unit name Railway Unit, Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number 15/9/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll 2nd Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Fate Returned to Australia 9 February 1919
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: Herbert and Mabel BOWKER.
Other details Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death 16 August 1939
Age at death 52
Place of burial Dalley Cemetery, Queensland
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His death from the Queensland state records:
Claud Herbert Bowker
Event date: 16/08/1939
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1939/C/2954
Mother: Mabel Lybbe
Father/parent: Herbert
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While he was registered only as Herbert, by the 1891 census he was Claude Herbert.
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The Australian Commonwealth Military Forces site, http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=28682, says he was buried at Dalley Cemetery, Queensland.
Here’s his embarkation on 20th Aug 1914:
Claude Herbert BOWKER
Regimental number 47
Religion Protestant
Occupation Fireman
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 27
Next of kin Herbert Bowker, Nigil Gold Mining Coy near Heidelburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Enlistment date 20 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 9th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board A5, S.S. Omrah on 24 September 1914
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) see other
© 2009
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And again on 11 May 1917:
Claude Herbert BOWKER
Regimental number 1330
Place of birth Brighton, Sussex, England
Religion Church of England
Occupation Engine driver
Address Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Ida May Bowker, Toowoomba PO, Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date 22 December 1916
Rank on enlistment 2nd Corporal
Unit name Railway Unit, Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number 15/9/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll 2nd Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Fate Returned to Australia 9 February 1919
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: Herbert and Mabel BOWKER.
Other details Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death 16 August 1939
Age at death 52
Place of burial Dalley Cemetery, Queensland
© 2009
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His death from the Queensland state records:
Claud Herbert Bowker
Event date: 16/08/1939
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1939/C/2954
Mother: Mabel Lybbe
Father/parent: Herbert
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