Christopher Courtenay Bowen Bowen
Born 1895 - Died 6 Jan 1917
- Service number
- WWI 13/2414 AWMM
- Also known as
- Chris Courteney Bowen AWMM
- Christopher Courtenay AWMM
- Christopher Courtenay Bowen AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Christopher Courtenay Bowen AWMM
- Surname
- Bowen AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Chris Courteney Bowen AWMM
- Christopher Courtenay AWMM
- Christopher Courtenay Bowen AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/2414 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1895 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Cameron Road, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Edward Rhaimes Courtenay Bowen (father), 23 Cameron Road, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/2414 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- POW - Angora, Anatolia, Turkey AWMM
- WW1 POW - Turkey AWMM
8 Mar 1916 AWMM - WW1 POW - Palestine AWMM
8 Mar 1916 AWMM
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of sickness 6.1.1917 as POW AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Christopher Bowen was the son of Edward Rhaimes Courtenay Bowen and Lucy Jane Bowen, of 23 Cameron Rd., Napier, New Zealand, and late E. R. C. Bowen.
The Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F' 14.2.1917, p.284 published a note saying 'that communication had recently been received from Trooper Bowen from Angora, Turkey.'
A letter published in the Chronicles of N.Z.E.F. 3.10.1917, p.82. 'Angora, Turkey. The High Commissioner for New Zealand. Dear Sir, - I have received your letter concerning Trooper Bowen's death, and regret to say can give little information which would be likely to bring consolation to his bereaved mother.
I met Trooper Bowen at Angora last November, when he came from hospital and joined our camp. When he had been with us about two weeks he was again admitted to hospital and discharged again a little time before Christmas. He became ill again in January and went to hospital for the last time , and about the end of that month I heard of his death. From what I gather from an Englishman who saw him die, the cause of death was heart failure, although the only complaints I had known him to suffer from were dysentery and general weakness. According to custom he would be buried in the Christian cemetery of Angora, but no Englishman having seen the internment, it would be impossible to find his grave. Trusting the news will be of some benefit. I am, yours faithfully, J.P. Havard'
Listed on the Nominal Roll as Chris Courteney Bowen.
Next of Kin: Mr E. R. C. Bowen, Cameron Rd, Napier (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 6 Jan 1917 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Waziriah Area of the Al-Russafa district, Baghdad, Iraq AWMM Angora Mem. 26. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22277802
Further Reference - Roger Moroney, 'WWI grave memorial for Napier man honoured', Hawke's Bay Today, 5 August 2017.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11897932
Further Reference - Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/632646/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/632646
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 68 - Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 14.2.1917, p.284 - Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
Chronicles of N.Z.E.F. 3.10.1917, p.82 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Prisoners of War Taken by the Enemy during (the) Period August 1914 to November 1918 [Listed by Surname in Alphabetical Order], Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R26112295)
- Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
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