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Cenotaph record

Gwilyn Cowles

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gwilyn AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII R178613 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 January 1925 Dale Calder Research (2020)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Maureen Cowles. Plot no. is unknown AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 April 1983 Dale Calder Research (2020)
    Age 58 AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    New Mount Wesley Cemetery, Dargaville AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • This record was partially created from data kindly provided by Dale Calder. AWMM
    • Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM

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