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HOWE, Douglas Cruickshank
(Service number 80069)

Douglas Cruickshanks Howe, 1 December 1940 — Posed with Mrs A Howe, Douglas is pictured here in his Home Guard uniform at the Timaru Railway Station during World War Two. (Courtesy of A Shore, South Canterbury Museum L2014/026.02)

Aliases	Douglas Cruickshanks HOWE
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J. Howe (father), Waimate, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	43rd Reinforcements A Company
Date	2 October 1918
Transport	Matatua
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

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Death

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Place of Death
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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph (26 November 2014)

External Links

Military personnel file

Related Documents

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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