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Richard Henry Cowley

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Portrait of Richard Henry Cowley, Auckland Weekly News, 27 May 1915. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19150527-39-39. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Richard Henry Cowley, Auckland Weekly News, 27 May 1915. Sir George Grey Special Collect …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12/523 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 June 1893 Noel Smith and Lyn Griffiths research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 H.E. Cowley (father), Oxford Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM 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 12/523 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 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Richard Cowley was the husband of Dorothy Agnes Raynsford (formerly Cowley), of 38 Cowper Rd., Wimbledon, Surrey, England. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France AWMM I. A. 1. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
    • Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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