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Name: BOWMAN, Frank Ernest
Birth Date: 6 July 1905 Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Death Date: 1994 Queensland
Nationality: Australian
First Date: 1930
Profession: Professional hunter, farmer
Area: Kitale, Hut - Eldoret
Married: Annie (Pamela?)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Ruark, Red 31, Hut, Tom Lawrence
General Information:
Ruark - a very fine hunter who is now retired, once sat on the ground with a twisted ankle and no bullets for his gun while a wounded buffalo got up and staggered, sick but still furious, toward him. Bowman screamed for a gunbearer to fetch more bullets, waited until the gunbearer had run to the car to get them, slapped two fresh bullets in his double, and shot the buff at a range of about 1 ft. It fell in his lap.
Hut - Frank Bowman 1930 Manager for F.O.B. Wilson - wife Annie
Gazette - 13/9/1949 - Frank Ernest Bowman appointed Honorary Game Warden
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 678).