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Cenotaph record

Hugh Jowsey

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    Jowsey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    653 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Dec 1878 AWMM Guiseborough, Yorkshire AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer (Waikato area)/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Major T. Jowsey, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 February 1900 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    653 AWMM
  • Military service
    Timaru Rifles AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Major Thomas Jowsey (father)

    Caroline Jowsey (mother) had four sons and four daughters.

    married Mary Elizabeth McGrath (1904)

    had 8 children (4 sons, 4 daughters)

    retired in 1935.

    Auckland Museum Boer War 'New Zealand Mounted Rifles " Display. Display item is a photo of Trooper Jowsey's kit. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 July 1956 AWMM
    Te Awamutu, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Te Awamutu Cemetery, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section, Row 3 AWMM
    • Te Awamutu Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Waikato Times (20 July 1956) AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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