Albert Charles Cowdrey

Forenames

Albert Charles AWMM

Surname

Cowdrey AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/711 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

15 Oct 1892 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 13 Aug 1914 AWMM Waitomo Caves, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Charles Cowdrey (father), Stanway, Halcombe, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/711 AWMM

Military service

16th Waikato Regiment AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 13 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM
Contractor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 7 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  168 pounds AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Cowdrey, of "The Pines," Halcombe.

Next of Kin: Mr C. Cowdrey, Halcombe, Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

25 Apr 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Halcombe War Memorial, Halcombe, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21898189
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/720039/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720039
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 155
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.