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David John Bowes (1867-1956) shearer, gaoled trade union leader
Birth: 25 August 1867 in Rockhampton, Queensland, son of Irish-born parents Charles Bowes, labourer, later publican, and Agnes, née Neary, late Fox. Marriage: (1) 26 April 1893 in St Paul’s Cathedral, Rockhampton, to Edith Wilhelmina Jagerndorff (1871-1904). They had two sons and a daughter. (2) 22 January 1906 in Mount Morgan, to Gertrude Evelyn Tynan (1887-1935). They had two daughters and three sons. Death: 17 December 1956 at Eventide Home, Rockhampton. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Stuart Svensen, The Shearers' War: the story of the 1891 shearers' strike (Brisbane, 1989).
Martin Sullivan, 'Bowes, David John (1867–1956)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bowes-david-john-32336/text40075, accessed 8 October 2024.
from Worker (Brisbane), 22 December 1900
25 August,
1867
Rockhampton,
Queensland,
Australia
17 December,
1956
(aged 89)
Rockhampton,
Queensland,
Australia
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