Edwin Harrowell
Born 28 Mar 1867 - Died 7 Aug 1941
- Service number
- South African 5 AWMM
- South African 573 AWMM
- WWI 12/907 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- South Africa Acting Company Sergeant Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM
- South Africa Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM
- WW1 Major/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Edwin AWMM
- Surname
- Harrowell AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- South African 5 AWMM
- South African 573 AWMM
- WWI 12/907 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 28 Mar 1867 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 13 Aug 1914 AWMM Colonial Service (British), New Hebrides, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Papatoetoe, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Next of kin
- Mrs Anne Harrowell (mother), Alexandra Road, Layton, Essex, England AWMM
- William L. Harrowell, The Court House, Prescot Street, London, England AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- Colesberg AWMM
- Paardeberg AWMM
- Popular Grove AWMM
- Driefontein AWMM
- Houtnek AWMM
- 05 May 1900-06 May 1900 AWMM Vet River 5th and 6th May 1900 AWMM
- 10 May 1900 AWMM Zand River 10th May 1900 AWMM
- Johannesburg AWMM
- Pretoria AWMM
- Diamond Hill AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Samoa AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- South African 5 AWMM
- South African 573 AWMM
- WWI 12/907 AWMM
- Military service
- 1 Waikato Mounted Rifles AWMM
- Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
- Queensland Mounted Constabulary AWMM
- Samoa Garrison AWMM
- 7th Contingent, 21 Company (Auckland Section) AWMM
- 3rd (Auckland) Regiment AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- South Africa Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 13 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 32 AWMM
Soldier/Military AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
- South Africa Vessel was Gulf of Taranto AWMM 7th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, No. 21 Company AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Major/Military AWMM Headquarters, Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 7th Contingent AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM - WW1 Talune 5 March 1917 AWMM Vessel was Talune AWMM Samoan Relief (Reinforcements) AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM
4th Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM - Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- South Africa 3 Apr 1901 AWMM Acting Company Sergeant Major/Military AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM - South Africa 21 Oct 1903 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM - WW1 8 Dec 1917 AWMM Major/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM
- South Africa 3 Apr 1901 AWMM Acting Company Sergeant Major/Military AWMM
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Husband of Camilla Harrowell nee Steele (22/410)]. Father of Dudley Steele Harrowell (50760)] who was killed in WW2.
Harrowell joined the Provisional Transvaal Constabulary in June 1900. He returned to New Zealand aboard the S.S 'Harleck Castle' but rejoined the 7 NZMR as Captain, 21 Company, departing from Wellington in June 1901 aboard the S.S. 'Gulf of Taranto'.
Served as a Sergeant with 1 Company, First Contingent
Served as a Captain with the 21 Company Seventh Contingent
Assistant Military Secretary to the Commissioner (3 Auckland Regiment, Samoa Garrison), Samoa with the rank Major 1917
Wounded in Gallipoli and struck off strength and fit for home service
Served as a Major with the 3rd Auckland Regiment
Served as a Sergeant in the 1 Waikato Mounted Rifles
SuppNom: Ex Main Body. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 7 Aug 1941 AWMM
Age 74 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died from Natural Causes AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, North Shore, Auckland AWMM Row N Plot 056 AWMM
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Auckland Council. North burial and cremation records search
http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/northburialcremationrecords.aspx
Sources Used - 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/R20520653
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524535
Further Reference - Jackson,L. (2011, october). Edwin Harrowell - the orphan of the South Seas. Epsom, U.K.: Epsom and Ewell History Explorer. Digital essay.
http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/Harrowell.html
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference - Marriages and Engagements. Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume X, Issue 3, July 1917, Page 181
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=KT19170701.2.71.2&srpos
Further Reference
- Auckland Council. North burial and cremation records search
- References
- Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
- Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Watkins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 308 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
63: 1 - St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 5: Includes portrait - Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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