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Robert John Bowyer

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert John AWMM
  • Surname
    Bowyer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    37690 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM c/o A.S. Elworthy, Holme Station, Pareora, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Bowyer (wife), c/o Holme Station, Pareora, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    37690 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag V-B, Villingen, Germany POW Deaths (R25405152)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 26 September 1941 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Died of sickness. AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Bowyer was the son of Hubert and Sarah Jane Bowyer, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. He was the husband of Evelyn Bowyer, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    Robert Bowyer may have been a POW in Germany when he died. Some of those burried at Durnbach War Cemetery are men who were killed while escaping from prisoner of war camps in the area. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 September 1941 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Germany, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany AWMM 3.G.14 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Marlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 Unknown page AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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