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Second Lieutenant JOHN DESBOROUGH BOWDEN

Service Number: 23924
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

No. 1 Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

V. A. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Stuart Bowden and Jessie Bowden, of 157, Papanui Rd., Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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