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Edwin Harrowell

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Portrait, Boer War uniform - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Boer War uniform - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin AWMM
  • Surname
    Harrowell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • South African 5 AWMM
    • South African 573 AWMM
    • WWI 12/907 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 28 March 1867 AWMM Epsom, Surrey AWMM
    • 28 March 1867 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Pre 13 August 1914 AWMM Colonial Service (British), New Hebrides, Pacific Islands AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Papatoetoe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • 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 October 1899 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • Colesberg AWMM
    • Paardeberg AWMM
    • Popular Grove AWMM
    • Driefontein AWMM
    • Houtnek AWMM
    • 05 May 1900-6 May 1900 Vet River 5th and 6th May 1900 AWMM
    • 10 May 1900 Zand River 10th May 1900 AWMM
    • Johannesburg AWMM
    • Pretoria AWMM
    • Diamond Hill AWMM
    • 1915-1916 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
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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 AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 7 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
  • Cemetery
    O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, North Shore, Auckland AWMM Row N Plot 056 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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