Born on 28 February 1894 in Picton, Ontario - son of Mrs. Jennie Bowerman, Toronto, Ontario - 1915 attestation form provides the following: trade as wholesale shipper, single, currently a member of the 49th Regiment in Trenton, Ontario, no previous military service, Wesleyan, height of 5 feet 6.5 inches, chest of 35.5 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.
Joined the 38th Battalion in Ottawa, Ontario, on 27 March 1915 (number 410741) - taken on the strength of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion in France on 25 August 1915 - wounded on 12 October 1915.
Harold Edomond Bowerman is my grandfather.
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