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COWLES, George
(Service number 15875)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	16/10/1880	Place of Birth	Oamaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	12 Princes Street, Timaru
Occupation	Carter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary Ann COWLES (wife), 12 Princes Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

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No information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	19 September 1960	Age	79 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 125, Plot 16
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Cowles, the son of John Cowles, was born in 1880 at Oamaru. He was educated there at the Waiareka School and the Oamaru South School, before moving to the Timaru Main School in May 1895 and leaving later that year for work. He married Mary Ann Williams in 1901 at St Mary's Church, Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database 930 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru district Council) [30 December 2016]

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