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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
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Final rank:
Sergeant
First name/s
Albert
Last name
COWAN
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
84535
4th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
John Albert Matatia Tairiterangi (Jack) COWAN
Date of birth
09/08/1895
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
21/07/1969
Place of death
Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia)
Death registration number
Unknown
Headstone/grave location
Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Next of kin
Hermance Cowan (wife)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
His father was born Edinburgh Scotland, mother born Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Employed in Tahiti prior to enlistment on 12 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 and returned to Tahiti.
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