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Gunner WILLIAM SOWMAN

Service Number: 2/2915
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Field Artillery

7th Bty.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

IV. D. 10.

France

Photos of cemeteries and churchyards in Scotland, taken in 2009 by Iain Anderson, RS and shared on CD: Stevenston (New Street) Cemetery, Ayrshire

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Stone is in good order. Private stone

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Stone is readable, still to clean up

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Stone needs a light clean

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Stone represents multiple family members

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Mary Sowman, of 136, Collingwood St., Nelson, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
Somme France
Number of casualties: 755
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