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Sgt. William Henry Cowan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Thames, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
Death: September 15, 1916 (34)
Somme, Departement du Cher, Centre, France (World War I: Died of Wounds)
Place of Burial: [VI. B. 8.], Montauban-de-Picardie, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Immediate Family:

Son of Private and Sarah Cowan
Husband of Kathleen Hoyle
Father of Jim Cymru Cowan; Kathleen Jewel Cavanagh and Josephine Pearl Le Clerc
Brother of Sabina Ethel May Brown; Priscilla Adeline McSkimming; Kezia Holly Harvey and Lieut. Henry Rawlings Cowan

Occupation: Auckland Infantry Regiment
Find A Grave ID: 56432152
Service No: WWI 13/2285
Managed by: Private User
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About Sgt. William Henry Cowan

William Cowan was the son of Henry and Sarah Cowan, of Mangatainoka, New Zealand; husband of Kathleen Cowan, of Edward St., Thames, New Zealand. His brother Harry Rawlings Cowan was killed at Gallipoli 6 months earlier.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohco-cu.html / Ref 6.4.2021
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Sgt. William Henry Cowan's Timeline

1882
February 26, 1882
Birth of Sgt. William Henry Cowan
Thames, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
1905
November 28, 1905
Birth of Kathleen Jewel Cavanagh
1908
1908
Birth of Jim Cymru Cowan
1910
March 4, 1910
Birth of Josephine Pearl Le Clerc
1916
September 15, 1916
Age 34
Death of Sgt. William Henry Cowan
Somme, Departement du Cher, Centre, France
September 15, 1916
Age 34
Burial of Sgt. William Henry Cowan
Quarry Cemetery, [VI. B. 8.], Montauban-de-Picardie, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
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