Search results Next record Previous record Māori Edwin Harrowell Born 28 March 1867 - Died 7 August 1941 PDF Key details Service numberSouth African 5 AWMM South African 573 AWMM WWI 12/907 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankSouth 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 WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Boer War uniform - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesEdwin AWMM SurnameHarrowell AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberSouth African 5 AWMM South African 573 AWMM WWI 12/907 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth28 March 1867 AWMM AWMM 28 March 1867 Noel Smith Research Project Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW1 Pre 13 August 1914 AWMM Colonial Service (British), New Hebrides, Pacific Islands AWMM Unknown AWMM Papatoetoe, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationSoldier/Civilian AWMM Officer of the British Colonial Service/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Anne Harrowell (mother), Alexandra Road, Layton, Essex, England AWMM William L. Harrowell, The Court House, Prescot Street, London, England AWMM Relationship statusPre 21 October 1899 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM CampaignColesberg AWMM Paardeberg AWMM Popular Grove AWMM Driefontein AWMM Houtnek AWMM 05 May 1900-6 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 Gallipoli AWMM Samoa AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberSouth African 5 AWMM South African 573 AWMM WWI 12/907 AWMM Military service1 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 Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsQueen's South Africa Medal AWMM King's South Africa Medal (South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM 1914-1915 Star AWMM British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 13 August 1914 AWMM Age 32 AWMM Soldier/Civilian AWMM AWMM South Africa Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsSouth Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM WW1 16 Oct 1914-3 December 1914 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Gulf of Taranto AWMM Major/Military AWMM 7th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, No 21 Company AWMM 3rd Embarkation AWMM WW1 from AWMM to Apia, Western Samoa AWMM Talune 5 March 1917 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Headquarters, Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 7th Contingent AWMM 4th Embarkation AWMM South Africa Vessel was Talune AWMM Samoan Relief (Reinforcements) AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM 2nd Embarkation AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankSouth Africa 3 April 1901 AWMM Acting Company Sergeant Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM South Africa 21 October 1903 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM WW1 8 December 1917 AWMM Major/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › 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 ContingentServed as a Captain with the 21 Company Seventh ContingentAssistant Military Secretary to the Commissioner (3 Auckland Regiment, Samoa Garrison), Samoa with the rank Major 1917Wounded in Gallipoli and struck off strength and fit for home serviceServed as a Major with the 3rd Auckland RegimentServed as a Sergeant in the 1 Waikato Mounted Rifles AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death7 August 1941 AWMM Age 74 AWMM AWMM 7 August 1941 Noel Smith Research Project Age 75 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryO'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, North Shore, Auckland AWMM Row N Plot 056 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Edwin Harrowell by laying a poppy. Ian Gordon Harrowby Dudley Steele Harrowell Edwin Harrowell Evan Shirley Harrowell Marjorie Harrowell Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Edwin Harrowell Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The Veteran : official publication of the South African War Veterans' Association… Library / Pictorial › publication Christchurch, New Zealand ; Hamilton, New Zealand UB359.N5 VET Sources Sources Contribute › External linksAuckland 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 http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20520653 Further Reference Other military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20524535 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. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-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 DocumentsStowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Watkins. AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 308 AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 63: 1 AWMM St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co. AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM This record as partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM 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. 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