George Buxton Bower (1884 - 1964)

Born 18 Jun 1884 in Albert Park, Victoria.

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Died 5 Feb 1964 at age 79 in Victoria, Australia

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Biography

George Bower is Notable.

George Bower is an Anzac who served in World War One.

George Buxton Bowers was born in June 1884 at or about Albert Park in the Colony of Victoria. He was the son of Walter Edmund and Alice Bowers (nee Thistlewaite).

George Buxton Bower was an Australian Rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL), up until World War I.

Private George Buxton Bower enlisted in the A.I.F. on the 17th of July 1915. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915. While serving in England he was invited to play for the Australian Training Units team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match and can be seen on YouTube. His side was defeated by the combined Third Australian Divisional Team.

He passed away in February 1964 in Victoria Australia and was laid to rest in the Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia.

Sources

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: BOWER, George Buxton - event: Birth - mother: Alic. THISTLEWAITE - father: Walter Edmund - place of birth: MELB - registration year: 1884 - registration no. 18594/1884. first accessed online on the 3rd of August, 2022 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Find a Grave, database and images accessed 03 August 2022, memorial page for George Buxton Bower (1885–5 Feb 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #200988448, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Kerry Bulow (contributor 48194407).

• George Bower (footballer) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 3rd of August, 2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bower_(footballer)

• NAA: B2455, BOWER G B World War I Attestation Papers.

• PRESENTATIONS TO FOOTBALLERS. from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Wednesday 13 October 1915, Page 10. first accessed on TROVE on the 3rd of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1570445

• Private George Buxton Bower from the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL website.

• Lieutenant George Buxton Bower from the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL website.

Further Reading

• 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 28th of June, 2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Pioneer_Exhibition_Game

• The official programme Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1916.

• The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube. first accessed online on the 3rd of July, 2022 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuUjgJHLgdg

• The A.I.F match in London, 1916 by GERALD BROSNAN as published in the AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL.COM website. first accessed online on the 3rd of July, 2022 at: https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/the%2Ba.i.f%2Bmatch%2Bin%2Blondon%252C%2B1916/1933

• Australian Football at Queen's Club, London from the Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917) of Wednesday 20 December 1916, Page 7. first accessed on TROVE on the 3rd of July 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154553906

• George Buxton BOWER from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 7th of March, 2023.

• SOUTH MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB'S MEMBERS WHO HAVE FALLEN AND OTHERS STILL FIGHTING AT THE FRONT as published in the Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917) of Wednesday 25 July 1917, Page 8. first accessed on TROVE on the 23rd of July, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154547800?searchTerm=%22George%20Bower%22%20South%20Melbourne%20football