Joseph Colquhoun HOWIE

Regimental number11/641
AddressKaponga
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Howie, North End, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 5), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Invercargill (Eastern) Cemetery. Parents: Joe Colquhoun Howie and Margaret Howie, 201 Bowmont Street, Enwood, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body