Individual Details

Gordon Henry COWAN

(22 Mar 1919 - 11 Nov 1994)

There is another identical record found on Find-a-Grave, except it shows he died near Wellsford, Auckland, New Zealand and is buried in the Wellsford Cemetery. He is buried, with is wife, Helen Mary COWAN (nee MITCHELL) (b.26 August 1923, d.13 March 1988) in the Returned Servicemen's Ash, Plot location Block 1 Row B Plot 25.
It also shows on his grave inscription that he was a Private, No 26368, with the 2nd NZ Expeditionary Force, attached to the NZ Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
The Find-a-Grave Memorial ID are:
Gordon Henry COWAN: 208257704
Helen Mary COWAN: 207826914

Events

Birth22 Mar 1919New Zealand
Death11 Nov 1994Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
CremationAft 11 Nov 1994Snapper Rock Cemetery, North Shore Memorial Park, Albany, North Shore of Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand

Families

FatherRobert Sherwin COWAN (1886 - 1961)
MotherMay Matilda TURNER (1886 - 1935)
SiblingCecil Arnold COWAN (1910 - 2009)
SiblingClarence Donald COWAN (1912 - 2012)
SiblingDulcie Olive COWAN (1913 - 1981)
SiblingMay Isabella COWAN (1915 - )
SiblingClaude William COWAN (1917 - 1967)
SiblingReginald COWAN (1920 - 1985)
SiblingJune COWAN ( - )
SiblingMaisie COWAN ( - )

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