Search results Next record Previous record Harold Innes Dowrick Born 6 April 1916 PDF Key details Service number2412 AWMM Also known asHarold Ignatius Dowrick AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankPost WW2 Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 6 Field Company AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Galatos Memorial Cross. Image provided by Noel Taylor. Image … Read more View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesHarold Innes AWMM SurnameDowrick AWMM Ingoa Also known asHarold Ignatius Dowrick AWMM Service number2412 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionChurch of England, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth6 April 1916 AWMM Feilding, Feilding AWMM Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 1 September 1939 AWMM c/o PB Te Towaka, Pelorous Sound, Havelock, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationSecondary School Teacher/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMr A.T. Dowrick (father), 37 Eyre Street, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 6 December 1939 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignNorth Africa AWMM Greece AWMM 1941 AWMM World War 2/wars AWMM Crete AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number2412 AWMM Military serviceSchool cadets AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 6 Field Company AWMM HQ Divisional Engineers AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1939-1945 Star AWMM Africa Star AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military trainingCamp Ngauawahia AWMM Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Sep 1939 AWMM Age 22 AWMM Primary Teacher/Civilian AWMM AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM NZ Engineers. 5 Field Park AWMM 2NZEF: 1st Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 North Africa, Africa AWMM Circa 15 December 1941 AWMM WW2 In a field on the coast AWMM Days interned Liberation date Liberation RepatriationWW2 Circa 24 December 1941 AWMM POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM Mumps AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM Front teeth damaged AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM Right knee injured AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM Admitted to No. 2 NZ General Hospital AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankPost WW2 1968 AWMM Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 6 Field Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Mr Dowrick continued to serve in the territorial forces. (1 Field Engineers Regiment)Enlisted as Church of England, now Roman CatholicMr Dowrick's name is recorded in the nominal roll as Harold Innes Dowrick which appears to be an error as the family record it was Harold Ignatius Dowrick.An Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete. The plaque at the base of the tree reads: This Olive Tree was presented to the New Zealand Veterans of the Battle for Crete by the people of Galatos in Crete in respect and the esteem of the bond formed during and after the Battle of Crete May 1941. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › 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 Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Harold Innes Dowrick by laying a poppy. Francis Dowrick Francis William Donald Dowrick Harold Innes Dowrick Steven Robert John Dowrick Alfred John Dowse Lay a poppy for 2020 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Harold Innes Dowrick Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External links DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 1: WW2 51 AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.51 AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
