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GILLINGHAM, Stephen England
(Service number 40146)

Aliases
First Rank	Second Lieutenant	Last Rank	Second Lieutenant

Birth

Date	12/06/1881	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Private Bag, Mangakau, Gisborne
Occupation	Sheep farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs M. GILLINGHAM (wife), Lytton Road, Gisborne
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	41st Reinforcements, E Company
Date	27 July 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Sheepfarmer

Death

Date	8 June 1950	Age	68 years
Place of Death	Gisborne
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne
Memorial Reference	Block XIII, Plot 22
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Stephen England Gillingham was the son of Stephen England and Emily Louisa (née Moore) Gillingham. He attended Kakahu Bush School in 1888.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 June 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 June 2017]

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