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Full Name
Cornelius Frederick Bowe
Rank Last Held
Gunner
Forename(s)
Cornelius Frederick
Surname
Bowe
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
2/1756
First Known Rank
Gunner
Next of Kin
Thomas Bowe (father), Marotiri, Foxton, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Moutoa, New Zealand
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
5th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit
Field Artillery
Embarkation Date
13 June 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Destination
Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)
Page on Nominal Roll
68
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Field Artillery
Place of Death
Messines, Belgium
Date of Death
5 April 1917
Age at Death
27
Year of Death
1917
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference
II. C. 15.
Biographical Notes
Cornelius Bowe was the son of Thomas and Ellen Bowe, of Foxton, Manawatu, Wellington, New Zealand.
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Sources Used
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919