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Cenotaph record

Harry Bowater

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry AWMM
  • Surname
    Bowater AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 603778 AWMM
    • 1/9/1253 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 November 1910 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 17 Alverston Street, Waterview, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Tannery labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 3 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Home Guard AWMM
  • Service number
    • 603778 AWMM
    • 1/9/1253 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
  • 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Heart attack AWMM

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
    6 December 1988 AWMM
    Age 78 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald, 7 December 1988 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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