1895 Sep 23 born Antrim
1901 census at Castle St, Ballymena
1911 census at Castle St, Ballymena
1915 Aug 14 landed in Balkans
Army Cyclist Corps # 1870
1919 Jun 25 Demobbed
1920 Aug 24 enlisted in RIC with # 72660. Tram Conductor & ex-Soldier
1920 Oct 29 posted Galway
1922 Mar 29 disbanded
1922 Mar 30 enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as a Constable.
1929 Oct/Dec Married in Sheffield to Annie Christine Hayes as Matthew Bowman. He uses this name from then on
1939 Register at 70 Masters Road, Sheffield. A Labourer with wife Christine
1958 Died Sheffield