Regimental number | 11/1881 |
Address | 65 Leraud Street, Wellington South |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs K Bowen, 65 Leraud Street, Wellington |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on |
Final rank | Driver |
Final unit | 9th Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Cite 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 connections | Brother: 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 details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Eighth |
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