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Richard John Cowles

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard John AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 60907 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 December 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Timaru, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.H. Cowles (mother), Upper Waitohi, Temuka, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 60907 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 Ploughman/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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 9.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      136 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 13 October 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 8 December 1917, and marched in to 4th Reserve Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Camp Sling.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 14 February 1918; joined 1st Bn, in the field, 22 February 1918, and posted to 1st Company.
    Wounded in action, 28 March 1918 (gun shot wound, right thigh: fractured femur); admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 29 March 1918; transferred same day to 56th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, 30 March 1918; to England, 2 June 1918, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; placed on 'seriously ill' list, 19 June 1918; removed from 'seriously ill' list, 26 June 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton, 28 August 1918; transshipped at Marseilles to HS 'Maheno'; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 5 March 1920.
    Total war service: 2 years 244 days (of which 1 year 10 days was abroad)

    Parents: Francis Charles (b. England) and Margaret (b. Scotland) Cowles AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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