Private Columbus Bowen

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Bowen, Columbus

Date of birth: 1895-05-30

Place of birth: Guthrie Oklahoma U.S.A.

Next of kin: Columbus Bowen, father, Paxson, Alberta

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Farmer

Occupation (normalized): General Farmer

Address: Not Specified

Religion: Baptist

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 931559

Highest Rank: Private (No. 2 Canadian Construction Company)

Rank detail

Private, No. 2 Canadian Construction Company, Canadian Forestry Corps (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: yes

Images

Columbus Bowen1917

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 57167

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B0948-S057

Uploader's Notes:

The No. 2 Construction Battalion (an all Black battalion) served in France with many of the men being assigned to the No. 5 Canadian Forestry Corps (Jura Group).

The Legacy Voices Project-

Military Record digitized at LAC http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cef/1-1000/948-57.pdf

In 1911, a group of black Americans emigrated from Oklahoma and filed for homestead on lands north of Edmonton and east of Athabasca Landing. Columbus Bowen was part of the migration. Image uploaded.

Uploader's Research notes:

The Legacy Voices Project. Digitized file at Library and Archives Canada-55 pages

Enlisted in Edmonton -American-Complexion-Coloured

Name: BOWEN, COLUMBUSRegimental number(s): 931559Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 948 - 57Date of Birth: 30/05/1895Attestation paper: Front of form - Back of formDigitized file: 948-57.pdf

Image of this soldier is available on line

The Legacy Voices Project-Military Record digitized at LAC http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=57167

[Private Army Canadian Engineers No. 2 Construction Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2007-05-21

Last modified: 2013-06-26