Walter Godfrey BOWEN (1922 – 1994)

Name

Walter Godfrey Bowen

Known as

Godfrey

Gender

Male

Birthdate

13 February 1922

Birthplace

Hastings

Marriage(s)

1947

Date of death

02 January 1994

Place of death

Rotorua

Parents

  • Walter Eugene Bowen (1883-1955)
  • Catherine Ruddman Bowen, nee Wall (1889 -1953)

Partner(s)

  • Mavis Bowen. nee Telford (1922-2019)

Primary education

Te Puke School

Secondary education

Te Puke High School

Biography

Two sons, two daughters
Farmer and world-acclaimed sheep shearer
Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire, 1960
Family moved to Te Puke about 1930; father worked at Waipawa Station

Biography on Wikipedia

Accession number

451589

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