Frederick William Brook BOWEN

Regimental number11/1881
Address65 Leraud Street, Wellington South
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs K Bowen, 65 Leraud Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 13 November 1915
Final rankDriver
Final unit9th Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 3 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 17), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert George and Kate Bowen, Wellington
Family/military connectionsBrother: 65333 Pte Robert Christopher Brook BOWEN, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, died of wounds, 29 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

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

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