William Douglas Gow

Forenames

William Douglas AWMM

Surname

Gow AWMM

Service number

WWI 90694 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

13 April 1897

Public - Paul - Researcher - 7 April 2025 - Military Personnel File.

Place of birth

Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand

Public - Paul - Researcher - 7 April 2025 - Military Personnel File.

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Kaikohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• C/- Bank of New Zealand, Napier, Hawkes Bay.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 7 April 2025 - Bank of New Zealand Archives, Wellington.

Next of kin

Mr I.B. Gow (brother), Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 90694 AWMM

Enlistment

Banker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

Private AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of broncho pneumonia following influenza AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit AWMM

Death

17 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Grave 556. AWMM

Memorial name

• Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand (Officers of the BNZ who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919), BNZ Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM
• Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16787667
  Further Reference
• Featherston Camp. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 122, 19 November 1918, Page 5
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181119.2.22.1&srpos
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online Featherston Cemetery War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643468/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643468
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• Bank of New Zealand officers who enlisted for military service in the First World War. Research completed by Paul Hickford (2014-2017).
• The Evening Post
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18