Lieutenant Allan Duthie Bowker^[1]

1879 - 1918  (39 years)

• Name	Allan Duthie Bowker
  Title	Lieutenant
  Birth	Feb 1879	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Residence	1909	Eland Farm, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Death	24 Mar 1918	Somme, France   [3]
  	DEATH NOTICE: 6/9/1441 Name of Deceased: Alan Duthie BOWKER Place of Birth: Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope Parents: Miles BOWKER Elizabeth Mary DUTHIE Age of Deceased: 39 years 1 month Condition in Life: Farmer Place of Residence: 'Signal Kop', Albany Widower Date of Death: 24 March 1918 Place of Death: Flanders, France Names of Children and whether major or minor. Nil Lt. in the 4th South African Infantry. Killed in Action or died of wounds in France. Whether deceased has left any property and of what type? Movable Signed by M.D. Bowker, Brother.
  		Bowker, Allan Duthie [253] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-TS71-F Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hemonacu, Somme, France.U - Somme
  Person ID	I253	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Miles Bourchier Bowker,   b. 1843, Willow Fountain, Grahamstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Jun 1896, Moordenaarspoort, Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mary Duthie,   b. 31 Aug 1850, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa d. 1 Dec 1923, Gutu, Southern Rhodesia (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Mary Atherstone,   b. 1878   d. 16 Sep 1909, African St., Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1909	Middleton, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  		Bowker, Alan Duthie and Ethel Atherstone marriage Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LJC-XHP Media Date: 10 MAR 1909 Keywords: Marriage
  Notes	MARRIAGE INDEX: ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, MIDDLETON No.,Date,Groom,Age,Occupation,Abode,Bride,Age,Occupation,Abode 5,10-03-1909,Alan Duthie BOWKER,29,Bachelor - Farmer,"Signal Kop, Albany",Ethel ATHERSTONE, 21,Spinster,Ellinde
  Family ID	F35193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

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  Birth - Feb 1879 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 10 Mar 1909 - Middleton, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 24 Mar 1918 - Somme, France Burial - - Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hemonacu, Somme, France.U - Somme  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Bowker, Alan Duthie Caption Note: Son of Miles Bourchier Bowker and Elizabeth Mary Duthie. He married Ethel Mary Atherstone. Keywords: Picture

  
  

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  	Bowker, Alan Duthie Service record Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-TS75-1 Keywords: Miscellaneous
  	Bowker, Allan Duthie newspaper clip from Penny Mail 19 Mar Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-V9T5-5 Keywords: Miscellaneous

  
  

• Notes

  Grave II A 9 Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hemonacu, Somme, France. BOWKER :- Lieutenant, ALAN DUTIES, 4th Regt. South African Infantry. Died of wounds 24th March 1918, age 38. Son of Miles and Elizabeth Mary Bowker, husband of the late Ethel Atherstone Bowker. H. A. 9. This information comes from the "Cemetery Recording Project" C.D. by the South African Genealogical Society under the heading of "South African War Graves, WW1"

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-TS75-1 (Reliability: 3). [S2133] Cape Civil Death Registers 1895-1972, (www.familysearch.org), 1909 Albany image 374. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-TS71-F (Reliability: 3). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LJC-XHP (Reliability: 3).