See also
Husband:
Leonard Bowtle (1914-1996)
Wife:
Joyce Bason (1921-2014)
Marriage:
17 Nov 1951
Len met Joyce Bason on board ship whilst travelling to Australia in 1950
Electoral Roll family:
1954
11 Cormiston Avenue, Concord, New South Wales, Australia3
Leonard being a carpenter and Joyce being a machinist
Address Family:
btw 1954 and 1958
11 Cormiston Avenue, Lowe, New South Wales, Australia3
Address Family:
btw 1958 and 1980
307 Clyde Street, Granville, New South Wales, Australia3
Address Family:
1994
8 Market Street, Manilla, New South Wales, Australia4
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
24 Mar 1914
Baptism:
31 May 1914 (age 0)
St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England10
son of Basil Bowtle (miller and baker) and Helen Caroline of Wethersfield
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 7 yrs 3 mns)
The Green, Wethersfield, Essex, England8
son attending school and living with his parents Basil and Helen, sisters Bessie and Doris, and brother Frank. Born in Wethersfield Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 25)
14 Alexandra Road, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England11
an unmarried carpenter and joiner and living with his mother Ellen, sister Bessie and brother Frank, Born on 24th March 1914
Military Service:
1944 (app) (age 29-30)
-
served in the Army as a Despatch Rider during WW2. Harold Eric Wilkinson told us that he was a 'bit of lad'. When his unit was en-route he would go missing, only to reappear at the destination. Once, in Holland he was asked to take a message under cover of darkness. Early next morning he reappeared to the cry of "we never expected to see you again", "why?" "because you have been through the enemy lines twice", "I thought there were a lot of flashes and bangs".
Emigration:
16 Jun 1950 (age 36)
from Southampton, Hampshire, England to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia12
on board the Moreton Bay of the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line
Death:
26 Mar 1996 (age 82)
newspaper notice, late of Manilla
Interred:
Apr 1996
Manilla General Cemetery, Naomi River Road, Manilla, New South Wales, Australia9
Name:
Joyce Bason14
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
machinist3
Note:
1998 - living 8, Market St., Manilla, NSW, 2346, Australia. 1998 - Telephone number - 02 6785 1668
Birth:
3 Oct 1921
68 Melbourne Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England1 14
Death:
20 Jul 2014 (age 92)
Manilla Hospital, Court Street, Manilla, New South Wales, Australia15 16
wife of Leonard, mother of Robyn, Gregory and Bronwyn
Cremation:
25 Jul 2014
Alstyon Chapel, Lincoln Grove, Gunnedah Road, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia16
parents Thomas Bason and Dora Lilian Miles
Geoff Bowtle personal communication.
New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, (on-line at www.nsw.gov.au).
Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1914 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1638.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1575B folio:013 page:4 letter code:DDKK. Cit. Date: 9 February 2017.
Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene Baptisms 1858-1981 ref:D/P 119/1/11 image:63.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9230 registration district:201 sub-district:1 enumeration district:4, 5 schedule:26. Cit. Date: 16 October 2022.
Australian Cemetaries Index, (on-line at www.austcemindex.com).
Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene baptisms 1858-1981 ref:D/P 119/1/11 image:63.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1575B page:13 line:4 letter code:DDKK. Cit. Date: 9 February 2017.
Ancestry UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists 1890-1960, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
Ancestry Australia and New Zealand, Rootsweb Death Index, 1813-2003, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Northampton 1921 quarter:4 volume:3b page:70.
Ancestry US Obituary Collection 1930-2015, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
The Sydney Morning Herald, (on-line at www.tributes.smh.com.au). 23rd July 2014.