TENNENT, Hugh Cowper
(Service number 17838)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 02/04/1887 | Place of Birth | Wanganui |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 12 October 1915 | Age | 28 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | South Africa | ||
| Occupation | Chartered accountant | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Timaru High School Cadets (until 18) | ||
| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. G. TENNENT (wife), Bank of New South Wales, Invercargill | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company | ||
| Date | 26 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 15 April 1967 | Age | 80 years |
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| Place of Death | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | ||
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Biographical Notes
Hugh Cowper Tennent was the son of Robert Collings and Emily Mary (née Boor) Tennent. He was educated at Dunedn and at Timaru Main School before going on to Timaru Boys' High School. Hugh married Madeline Grace Cook on 25 July 1915 at Cape Town, South Africa, and they had a son, Arthur Hugh Cowper Tennent, born in 1916 in New Zealand. Harold had come home from South Africa to enlist. Hugh took out US citizenship. He was one of four brothers who served in World War I, the others being Leonard Cowper, Harold Douglas and Kenneth Boor, and a cousin of Bernard Charles Tennent who died in 1918.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 July 2018]; NZ BDM indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 July 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [09 July 2018]; ref. Press, 28 July 1915 (Papers Past) [09 July 2018]
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