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Military service
Service number:
757263
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
116TH Bn.
Birth:
February 23, 1894
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
July 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Brother of Private Ernest Albert Bowerbank , who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
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Oakville Remembers
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Oakville Remembers Biography
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 2)
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 3)
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 4)
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 5)
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 6)
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Jack Telfer Bowerbank's name appears beside his brothers' on the Vimy Memorial. Ernest Albert Bowerbank, who also served with the 116th Battalion, died August 28, 1918. The Bowerbank brothers are just two of the 11,285 fallen Canadians whose remains were not recovered for burial while serving in France. -
Memorial
John 'Jack' Telfer Bowerbank's name appears on this memorial plaque for those that died in WW1, along with 9 other school mates from Oakville High School, in Oakville Ontario. -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Telfer Bowerbank
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 205 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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