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Newton Maurice Cowling

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Newton Maurice AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowling AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 6883 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    1.11.1913 Public - Joyce Eleanor Backhouse (nee Cowling) - Sibling - 29 December 2018 - Family Birth Certificate.
  • Place of birth
    New Plymouth Public - Joyce Eleanor Backhouse (nee Cowling) - Sibling - 29 December 2018 - Family papers.
  • Birth notes
    Newton was the son of Frederick John Cowling and Mary Eleanor Cowling (nee Rielly), New Plymouth. Public - Joyce Eleanor Backhouse (nee Cowling) - Sibling - 29 December 2018 - Family papers
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 37 Wallath Rd., New New Plymouth AWMM
    • 37 Wallath Road, New Plymouth. Public - Joyce Eleanor Backhouse (nee Cowling) - Sibling - 29 December 2018 - Family papers.
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. F.J. Cowling, 37 Wallath Rd., New New Plymouth (father) AWMM
    • Father - Mr F.J. Cowling, 37 Wallath Road, New Plymouth. Public - Joyce Eleanor Backhouse (nee Cowling) - Sibling - 29 December 2018 - Family papers.
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • Pre 1940 - Single / WW11
      Married Thelma Unice Grange 19.5.1945, St Marys Church, New Plymouth. 3 children. Public - Joyce Eleanor Backhouse (nee Cowling) - Sibling - 29 December 2018 - Family papers.

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 6883 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
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.43 Gardener/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.43
    New Plymouth, Taranaki 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.43
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag IX-C, Bad Sulza, Bad Sulza, Germany WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg Castle, Hesse, Germany WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151))
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.43 AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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29 December 2018Joyce Eleanor Backhouse (nee Cowling)Auckland, New ZealandSibling

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