James Lowry Bodkin (JL)
James Lowry Bodkin (JL) had childhood fun alongside cousin, JW, while James William West lived with the Bodkin family "just like a brother" for seven years in his childhood.
JL and JW were close
In childhood
In Dumbleyung, and
In services.
JL's Bodkin family remained very close to JW after tragic death of James Lowry Bodkin in 1916 until death of James William Bodkin West in 1958.
William Frederick Bodkin, father of JL, uncle of JW
Maria Bodkin (nee lowry) mother of JL, aunt of JW
Jim's sister Hett Bodkin
Trooper James Lowry Bodkin 3255 WW1
Australian Light Horse memorial in Beersheba, Israel, features a bronze statue of a charging horse and rider, commemorating the famous 4th Brigade on October 31st, 1917.
Jim Bowe West at Memorial for Jim Bodkin in Absolon Street Dumbleyung, 2025
JL Bodkins’ brother Fred
Memorial for Jim Bodkin in Absolon Street Dumbleyung
Hett and Nita, Sisters of JL
James Lowry Bodkin grave in the Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, Israel "An Australian, a good son and brother, soldier and mate"
