Cowan, James Cairns

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Contents 1 Personal Details 2 Vessel 3 Comments 4 User Contributions

Personal Details

Name:	James Cairns Cowan
Position/Rank:
Ethnicity:	NZ/Scotland (Glasgow)
Date of Birth:	15/01/1875
Date of Death:	16/09/1919
Age at Death:	44 Years
Location of Death:	Locality off Gore Bay, Canterbury Coast

Vessel

Name:	SS Tainui
Date of Accident:	16/09/1919
Location of Accident:	Near Shag Rock on the Canterbury Coast
See also:	Cowan, James Cairns Harward, J McLean, D Stevens, W H Townsend, W Williams, Charles
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Comments

Captain with the New Zealand Refrigerating Company. Previously with Canterbury Steamship Company and Union SS Co. of New Zealand also as Master. He was a resident of Wanganui at the time of his death in 1919.

User Contributions

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