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Frederick Bowes

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Grave plaque of Honorable Captain Bandmaster Frederick BOWES B.E.M. Taken 25 April 2018 Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand ©Sarndra Lees

Grave plaque of Honorable Captain Bandmaster Frederick BOWES B.E.M.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Bowes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    3763 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    5 October 1907 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 28 April 2018 - ancestry.co.uk; member data “jmeyerc11”
  • Place of birth
    Durham, South Sheilds, ENGLAND Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 28 April 2018 - Ancestry.co.uk; 1911 England Census
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 22 West Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Truck driver Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 28 April 2018 - ancestry.com.uk; New Zealand Army WWII Nominal Rolls, 1939-1948
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.A. Bowes (wife), 22 West Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    3763 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM
    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

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
    1 November 1961 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1 November 1961 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 28 April 2018 - Personal visit
  • Age at death
    53 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 28 April 2018 - Personal visit
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikumete Cemetery, 4128 Great North Rd, Glen Eden, Auckland 0602 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 28 April 2018 - Personal visit
  • Grave reference
    Service Persons Area L Row 6, Plot Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 28 April 2018 - Auckland Council Cemetery database; https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/find-burial-cremation.aspx
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  • 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. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 22 AWMM
    • Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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28 April 2018SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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