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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
William Gladstone Howie |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Second Lieutenant |
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| Forename(s): |
William Gladstone |
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| Surname: |
Howie |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
9/557 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Second Lieutenant |
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| Next of Kin: |
John Howie, Waikiwi, Invercargill, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Waikiwi, Invercargill, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Port Chalmers, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
346 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: |
Gibraltar to Gallipoli |
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| Date of Death: |
30 September 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
22 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, Gibraltar |
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| Grave Reference: |
D. 3131. |
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| Memorial Name: |
Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand (Officers of the BNZ who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919), BNZ Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Son of John and Margaret Wright Howie. |
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| Description of Image: |
- Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
- Memorial Plaque, Bank of New Zealand Arcade, Wellington (2005). (photograph supplied by P. Baker)
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| Additional Information: |
Text of the Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand: 'In Memoriam: The names inscribed upon this tablet are those of officers of the Bank of New Zealand who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919 waged against the nations of central Europe - Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria - who sought by force of arms to obtain world-wide dominion. In honour of their patriotism and valour. In admiration of their sacrifice. And in grateful perpetuation of their glorious and ennobling memory this monument is reverently dedicated. Their Name Liveth for Evermore.' |
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| Archives NZ source: |
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| Further References: |
Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z., David Bateman. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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