Private

Robert John Dowsing

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Havelock Butler Dowsing and Bessie Dowsing, late of Auckland; husband of Emma Dowsing, of 16, Gundry St., Newton, Auckland. Native of Denniston, Westport.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
26577
Name:
Robert John Dowsing
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
H.B. Dowsing (father), King Street, Richmond, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Ironmonger
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 2 Battalion, 16 (Waikato) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
07 June 1917
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
15 November 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 68
HMNZT 69
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination:
Plymouth or Devonport, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Robert John Dowsing
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