COWAN, James Easson
(Service number 70932)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 28 July 1888 | Place of Birth | Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Grosvenor Hotel, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Cook | ||
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| Next of Kin | George EASSON (uncle), Wilson Street Store, Timaru; Archibald COWAN (father), Walkerburn, Peebleshire, Scotland | ||
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 | 38th Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | 5 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Remuera | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | *1958 | Age | 68 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Easson Cowan was the second son of Archibald and Mary (née Easson) Cowan. James was at home with his family in 1891 at Innerleithen and in 1901 at Leith, Midlothian, where he was a message boy. His maternal uncle, George Easson, also came to New Zealand and lived in Timaru for some years. Embarking at Tilbury on 12 March 1919 for the return home, James reached Lyttelton, New Zealand by the “Corinthic” in April 1919, one of 1142 soldiers aboard. He married Laura Mary Beatrice Johnson in 1923.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 November 2019]; 1891, 1901 Scotland census transcriptions (ancestry.com.au) [14 November 2019]; Timaru Herald, 12 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 November 2013]
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