Gilbert HOWE

Regimental number2/96
Address82 Ellice Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Howe, 82 Ellice Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Field Artillery, Samoan Advance Party
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 August 1914
The Samoan Advance Party left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 1 'Moeraki' and HMNZT 2 'Monowai'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitNo 9 Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 10 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 48), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Eliza Howe, Wellington
Other details

War service: Samoa, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Samoan Adv