Fred Thompson Bowerbank

Forenames

Fred Thompson AWMM

Surname

Bowerbank AWMM

Also known as

Frederick Thompson AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/652 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 17 Riddiford Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Maud Bowerbank (wife), care of Mrs Bowser, Drayton House, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire, England AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/652 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Military) AWMM
  London Gazette 03/06/1919 AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Three Times AWMM
  London Gazette 21 June 1916, p6184 | London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15231 | London Gazette 11 July 1919, p8837 : In connection with administration in Egypt. AWMM
• Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
  Major, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 7 August 1917 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the WarCaptain (Temp. Major), New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 13 March 1918 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the war. AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Ambulance AWMM No. 2 Stationary Hospital AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20544744
  Further Reference
• Romano, Gail. Jayforce: 75 Years On. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 4 March 2021.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 69
• Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Colin M. Gordon Album (1915-1918). Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-ALB-376.
• Unknown, photographer (1915-1916). [Agnes (Peggy) Williams photograph album]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-2017-2-3.
• HMNZT Giessen. (1919). The ventilator: H.M.N.Z.T. “Giessen”, August 1919 (C. G. E. Harker, Ed.; H. S. B. Ribbands & E. H. Greenhow, Sub-eds.). 1NZEF. Ferguson and Osborn Ltd.