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BOWKETT, John Cleaver
(Service number 55411)

British War Medal - J C Bowkett — Hung from an incorrect, Victory Medal ribbon (South Canterbury Museum 2016/032.01)

British War Medal, verso - J C Bowkett — Hung from an incorrect, Victory Medal ribbon (South Canterbury Museum 2016/032.01)

British War Medal, edge stamp - J C Bowkett — Hung from an incorrect, Victory Medal ribbon (South Canterbury Museum 2016/032.01)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	10/10/1883	Place of Birth	Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date	25 February 1917	Age	33
Address at Enlistment	18 Woodlands Road, TImaru
Occupation	Picture framer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Sarah Bowkett (mother) 18 Woodlands Road; Mrs Ruby Isobel Bowkett (wife) 109 Wilson St, Timaru
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Western Europe
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	1st Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Coy
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date
Transport
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Front
Service Medals	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	25 March 1919	Reason	Medically unfit, Bronchial Catarrh

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Hospitalised from 15 Aug 1917, then on and off until November 1918

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	30 October 1971	Age
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Thomas and Sarah Bowkett (nee Cleaver), who married in Coventry, England and arrived in NZ on the SS Columbus in 1874. The couple had nine children, six girls and three boys - John Cleaver, Thomas, and Humphrey James. John Cleaver Bowkett enlisted in 1917 but was discharged in 1919 as medically unfit with Bronchial Catarch. He had previously married Ruby Isobel Smith in 1917 just before he embarked.

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