LOWNE, Peter Stanley
(Service number 8/4167)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 2 December 1887 | Place of Birth | Ashburton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Cromwell | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Mary LOWNIE (mother), 39 Berkett Street, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 April 1970 | Age | 82 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
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Biographical Notes
Peter Stanley Lownie, known as Stanly, was the son of Peter and Mary (née Wright), Lownie, this family being probably the only one of the Lownie name in New Zealand. Stanley was educated at the Winchester and Temuka schools before going out to work on the farm. Private P. S. Lownie returned to New Zealand in early March 1918. He married Mary Patricia Hurley in 1927.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 December 2017]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [26 December 2017]; Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, burial records & headstone image (Dunedin City Council) [26 December 2017]; Sun, 4 March 1918 (Papersd Past) [24 December 2017]
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