Edwin Leonard BOWDEN

Regimental number18752
OccupationProvision dealer
Next of kinFather, John Henry Bowden, 22 Tivoli Street, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 59 Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankSapper
Final unit5th New Zealand Railway Troops, New Zealand Light Railways Operating Service
FateDied of injuries 17 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVI, Row CC, Grave No 9A), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Henry and Elizabeth Bowden, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 1