condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Morton Cowie

-
Lay a poppy
Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Morton AWMM
  • Surname
    Cowie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 21221 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    3 February 1895 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Company manager/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Morton Cowie (father), Haslett Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 19 August 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 21221 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 2 May 1916 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Gas & shell wounds to head, arm and thigh AWMM
    • Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of natural causes AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Fought in Messines, Ypres and Passchendaele.

    Died Coronary Thrombosis AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    12 June 1959 AWMM
    Age 64 AWMM
    Papatoetoe, Manukau AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Puhinui, Manukau City AWMM Lot 770 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    NZ Herald & Auckland Star 13 June 1959 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Morton Cowie by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Morton Cowie

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • We are proud of you and what you did to help during WW1. We miss you and and what you could have told your grandchildren and Great grandchildren about your war experiences.
    Public - Lois - Child - 24 April 2016
    Report 

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21898272
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 7 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      NZ Herald & Auckland Star 13 June 1959 AWMM
    • Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 24331 AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 July 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher
24 April 2016LoisPatumahoeChild

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.