Hubert Newton Bourchier Bowker

1922 - 1967  (45 years)

• Name	Hubert Newton Bourchier Bowker  [1]
  Born	23 Aug 1922	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	8 Sep 1922	Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	farmer
  Died	10 Sep 1967  [2]
  Buried	Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Bowker, Hubert Newton and Contance Marion Caption Note: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2942002 Media Date: 10 SEP 1967 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I578	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Bourchier Bowker, Hon. Dr. LLB., M.P.,   b. 28 Sep 1889, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 21 Jul 1964, Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Gladys Elaine Hart,   b. 9 Nov 1884, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 16 Jan 1964, Settler's Hospital, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Constance Marion Currie,   b. 27 Apr 1927, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 11 Sep 2003  (Age 76 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1947	Grahamstown Church (St Andrew's), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Bowker, Hubert and Constance Currie - marriage Caption Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-57318-39?cc=1468076 : accessed 29 Jun 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Albany, Grahamstown, St Andrew and St Mary > Marriages 1946-1955 > image 33 of 175; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Media Date: 20 DEC 1947 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	+ 1. Reginald Carisle Bourchier Bowker + 2. Marion Elizabeth Bowker,   b. 26 Jan 1952,   d. 14 Mar 2021  (Age 69 years)   3. Stephen Thomas Bourchier Bowker
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F12751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 23 Aug 1922 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism - 8 Sep 1922 - Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Married - 20 Dec 1947 - Grahamstown Church (St Andrew's), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Settler Photos

  Bowker, Thomas Bourchier and family Caption Note: from the left:Hubert, Tom, Cecily, Gladys and John. Media Date: 1939 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Hubert was a Flight Sergeant Gunner in the SAAF during WWII. He bailed out over the battlefield of El Alamein from his burning bomber during it's crash. He had just shot down a Messerschmidt.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z8-19DQ (Reliability: 3). [S1581] Descendants of Thomas Philipps, Phil Nicholson, (Phil.Nicholson@multichoice.co.za). [S3797] SA Anglican Parish Registers 1801-2004, Cape Baptisms [LDS], (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2338744), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-S9FH?i=74&cc=1468076 (Reliability: 3).