TOWGOOD, Arthur Hugh
(Service number 6/564)
| First Rank | (1) Private; (2) Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11 May 1890 | Place of Birth | Wanganui |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 6 Stafford Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Slaughterman | ||
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| Marital Status | (1) Single; (2) Married | ||
| Next of Kin | (1) William Herbert TOWGOOD (father), Taumarunui; (2) Mrs A. R. N. TOWGOOD (wife), care of W. H. TOWGOOD, Taumarunui | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | (1) Main Body; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (Canterbury Infantry Battalion); (2) 38th Reinforcements, C Company | ||
| Date | (1) 16 October 1914; (2) 3 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | (1) Tahiti or Athenic; (2) Remuera | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | (2) Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 December 1953 | Age | 63 years |
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| Place of Death | Tuakau | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Waikumete, Auckland; ashes scattered | ||
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Biographical Notes
Arthur Hugh Towgood was the son of William Herbert and Ellen Florence Marianne (née Powell) Towgood. He married Alexandrina Rena Natalie Campbell in 1915, and they had three sons. After Alexandrina's death in 1946, he married Mary Mable Elizabeth Stanford.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [July 2019; Waikumete Cremation record [06 July 2019]; New Zealand Times, 21 November 1918 (PP) [02 July 2019]
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