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David Dow

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Memorial Gates at the Domain, Bannockburn, Otago, provided by P. Lascelles, December 2013 - No known copyright restrictions

Memorial Gates at the Domain, Bannockburn, Otago, provided by P. Lascelles, December 2013 - No known …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David AWMM
  • Surname
    Dow AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 9/29 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Cromwell, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 J. Dow (father), 10 Albany Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Battle of the Somme AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9/29 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 Otago, New Zealand 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • David Dow was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dow, of 476 Leith St., Dunedin, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 September 1916 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 33 AWMM
    France, Europe Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France AWMM II. H. 54. AWMM
    • Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 97, Plot 88 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Bannockburn Memorial Gates, the Domain, Bannockburn, Otago AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 196 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM
    • Joyce, L. (2019). Take me to the Nevis: gold mining and the people of the Nevis Valley, inspired by the tales of Central Otago high country school teacher Gavine McLean. Clyde, Central Otago, N.Z.: Dunstan Publications. AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM

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