Robert Christopher Brook BOWEN

Regimental number65333
OccupationSheep farmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Kate Bowen, 65 Leraud Street, Wellington South
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 29 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRuyaulcourt Military Cemetery (Row N, Grave No 27), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert G. and Kate Bowen, 65 Lerand Street, Wellington
Family/military connectionsBrother: 11/1881 Driver Frederick William Brook BOWEN, 9th Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery, died of wounds, 3 July 1915.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 7

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