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Francis Wade Cowan

Headstone of Sgt Francis Wade COWAN 28589. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 2A, Plot 11. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Sgt Francis Wade COWAN 28589. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 2A, P …

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Wade AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 28589 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
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 7 Grey St., Musselburgh, Dunedin AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 7 Grey St., Musselburgh, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. A. Cowan, 7 Grey St., Musselburgh, Dunedin (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. A. Cowan, 7 Grey St., Musselburgh, Dunedin (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 October 1996 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 83 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 2A, Plot 11 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.102 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.50 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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