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Robert Christopher Brook Bowen

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 76), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Christopher Brook AWMM
  • Surname
    Bowen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 65333 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 August 1892 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
    8 August 1892 Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
  • Place of birth
    Wellington Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Kate Bowen (mother), 65 Leraud Street, Wellington South, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 65333 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Bowen was the son of Robert G. and Kate Bowen, of 65, Leraud St., Wellington, New Zealand.

    His brother, Frederick William Bowen, was also killed in World War 1. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 September 1918 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM N. 27. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Tapawera war memorial Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - audit of regional war memorials combined with local research
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Memorial

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  • You are my great uncle and while I never met you, you and your generation sacrificed so much to allow us to live where and how we do. For this we are eternally grateful. RIP.
    Public - Tony - Other Relative - 27 April 2015
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
06 September 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher
16 October 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher
27 April 2015TonyAucklandOther Relative

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