STANSELL, Lionel Brough Stansell
(Service number 26/07/2013)
| First Rank | Major | Last Rank | Captain |
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Birth
| Date | 22 June 1880 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Railway Clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Served in the Boer War | ||
| Marital Status | married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Ivy E Stansell (wife)c/- W N Tucker, 14 Elizabeth St Wellington | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZ Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 4th Battalion, B Company | ||
| Date | 5 February 1916 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 42,43,44 Ulimaroa, Mokoia, Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 3rd | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 June 1916 | Age | 35 |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Died of Wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Bailleul COmmununal Cemetery Extension, Nord, Francec | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of John Rainbow and Cecelia Stansell of Lyall Bay Wellington, husband of Ivy Elton Stansell of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sources
Free Lance, Volume XV, Issue 833, 16 June 1916, Page 4 Stansell was chief railway clerk at Timaru Railway Station war record open in Archways
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