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Cenotaph record

Ralph Tugi Cowley

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Cowie, D. - Cowper, R. (CC BY John Halpin 2010)

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Cowie, D. - Cowper, R. (CC BY John …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph Tugi AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24/97 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of Christ AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 September 1895 AWMM Tonga, Pacific AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mr Alfred Cowley (father), Nukualofa, Tonga, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/97 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
    WW1 28 May 1915 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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 Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Pleurisy and pneumonia following measles AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 July 1915 AWMM
    Age 16 AWMM
    Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Non Conformist Public. Block B. Section 3. Plot 36. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    CWGC restored headstone 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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