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Alfred Cranstone Cowie

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Portrait of Alfred Cranstone Cowie, Archives New Zealand, R24183996. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Alfred Cranstone Cowie, Archives New Zealand, R24183996. Image may be subject to copyrig …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Cranstone AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3809 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 January 1892 AWMM Fordell, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 John Peter Cowie (father), 107 Wicksteed Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3809 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Solicitor/Civilian 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alfred Cowie was the son of John Peters Cowie and Alice Cowie, of 107 Wicksteed St., Wanganui, New Zealand. Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France AWMM V. E. 28. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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