Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Air Force
- Conflict
- Vietnam (1962-1975)
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Other Name(s)
- Nickname 'Wuz'
- Date of Birth
- 22/09/1938
- Place of Birth
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Address (at enlistment)
- Hemmant Street, O'Connor ACT
- Occupation
- Pilot
- Next of Kin
- Barbara Bowers, Hemmant Street, O'Connor ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- O19441
- Final Rank
- Flight Lieutenant
- Final Unit
- No.9 Squadron
Notes
Bowers was posted to No.5 Squadron at Fairbairn in September 1966 and then to No.9 Squadron in Vietnam in 1967. He served in the Vietnam war as a helicopter pilot from 6 June 1967 to 30 May 1968.
Sources
DVA nominal rolls - Vietnam
ACT electoral rolls
RAAF News - 1 September 1966, 1 June 1967, 1 May 1968
The Canberra Times - 15 January 1968, 12 April 1968