BOWMAN, LeRoy

Abt 1922 - 1944  (~ 22 years)

• Name	BOWMAN, LeRoy
  Birth	Abt 1922	Niagara Falls, Niagara, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 May 1944	British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I161712	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	BOWMAN, Frederick William,   b. Abt 1888, Niagara Falls, Niagara, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Aug 1956, Niagara Falls, Niagara, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	WILSON, Ella M
  Family ID	F58439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Niagara Gazette - 5/26/1944 NIAGARA FALLS. Ont-Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bowman, of 2110 Drummond road, have been informed that their son. Private O. Leroy Bowman. 22, is missing and believed dead following a vehicle accident on May 23 about 57 miles east of Revelstoke, B.C. Private Bowman was doing convoy duty with Canadian army troops when the vehicle on which he was riding skidded on a bridge and plunged into a river below. Apparently his bodr has not been recovered Private Bowman Joined the Canadian Ordnance corps He trained at Toronto and Barriefield and then was sent to west coast, where he has been since September. 1942. He was born in Niagara Falls and educated at Barker street school and the Niagara Falls Collegiate Vocational school. Prior to Joining the army. Private Bowman was assistant scoutmaster of No. 1 troop. Niagara Falls Boy Scouts. He was deeply Interested In Scout work. and devoted much of his time to It. He was employed by the Oneida Community Company, Ltd.