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Cenotaph record

Horace Joseph Sowry

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Head and shoulders studio portrait of Horace Joseph Sowry s/n  83099. Image provided by Macpherson family. No Known Copyright.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Horace Joseph Sowry s/n  83099. Image provided by Macpherson …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Horace Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Sowry AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 83099 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 December 1897 AWMM Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 H. Sowry, Rural Mail Mangahoo [sic] AWMM
  • 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
    WW1 28 January 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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

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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

Memorial

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