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- I think Bowrey was the signwriter
From the website.
"There is no indication of where this board comes from. A number of the persons named enlisted in Melbourne and appeared to have been born or lived in inner suburbs such as Fitzroy, Collingwood and Brunswick. There is no obvious connection with Bendigo.!In Remembrance And Esteem Of Our Members Who At All Times
And In All Places Served In The Forces For KING & EMPIRE
ZULU WAR 1879
BOWREY. F. R. AWARDED V.C. RORKES DRIFT
BOER WAR 1899-1901
BRAIN GEO. LEHMANN. O. G.
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GREAT WAR 1914-1918
BATES. VAL. McCLOSKEY. C.
BAKER. W. H. McCLOSKEY. H.
BATSON. W. J. McCLOSKEY. J. V.
BROOK. A. S. â McCLOSKEY. W. J.â
BURROWS. J. H. T. SMITH. ARCH.
CAUSON. E. A. SMITH. G. W.
CLELAND. W. â STOKES. L. W.
MARTIN. F. C. â TAYLOR. T.
PROSSER. C. WELSH. J. C.
YOUNG. J. T.
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WORLD WAR 1939-1945
BRYCE. T. A. â
BETTS. W. E. McCLOSKEY. K. J.
GOOLD. E. L. McCLOSKEY. W. M.
HUME. L. A. SMITH. F. W.
HUNTER. J. A. VALLE. N. J. T.
MORRIS. J. J. WILSON. F. A.
============= â KILLED ON SERVICE =============
Note:
"No Australian Colony participated in the Zulu War. No person of the name of Bowrey has ever been awarded the Victoria Cross and there is no record of any Bowrey being present at the battle of Rorkes Drift in 1879." 
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. Due to the fact that there wasnt a Bowrey at R.D and he certainly was never awarded the V.C .