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Life Summary

Name	George James Bowden
Born	17 March, 1888 Moyhu, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 June, 1962 (aged 74) Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Dunstan, Albert Arthur (work colleague) Paterson, Thomas (work colleague) Hocking, Albert Edward (work colleague) Menzies, Robert Gordon (work colleague) Snedden, Billy Mackie (work colleague) Scully, William James (political adversary) Ward, Edward John (political adversary) McEwen, John (political adversary) Fraser, Allan Duncan (political adversary) Daly, Frederick Michael (political adversary)
Education *	Whitfield Primary School (Vic) (student, 1894-1900) Benalla High School (Vic) (student, 1901-1903)
Occupation or Descriptor *	army officer (1915-1918) Federal, Australia army officer (1918-1919) Federal, Australia country party organiser (1919-1962) Victoria, Australia farmer (1919-1962) Victoria, Australia country party organiser (1923-1943) Victoria, Australia local government councillor (1928-1938) Victoria, Australia local government head (1930-1931) Victoria, Australia soldier-settler (1932-1932) Victoria, Australia army officer (1939-1943) Federal, Australia country politician (1943-1961) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1943-1961) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) World War II (army officer) 24th Battalion (soldier) Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, 1918 (soldier) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (soldier) 9th Garrison Battalion (army officer, 1942)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1918)
Political Activism *	Country Party (politician, 1943-1961)
Workplaces *	Cranbourne Shire Council (Vic) (councillor, 1928-1938) Cranbourne Shire Council (Vic) (president, 1930-1931) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1943-1961) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1959-1961)

* Dates are approximate