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STEVEN, Robert
(Service number 15249)

Aliases Bert
First Rank Corporal Last Rank

Birth

Date *1884 Place of Birth Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 181 Walker Street, Dunedin
Occupation Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Helen STEVEN (mother), Temuka
Religion Presbyterian
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 15th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Date 26 July 1916
Transport Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Accountant

Death

Date 30 May 1965 Age 80 years
Place of Death Wakari Hospital, Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Cremated andersons Bay Crematorium, Dunedin; ashes scattered
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Steven, known as Bert, was the younger son of Robert and Helen Ann (néeCampbell). his father died in 1885 when young Robert was just a year old. Bert married Wilhelmina Elizabeth McGill on 22 October 1919. He had returned to Temuka per the Ionic in April 1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 July 2019]; Cremation record; Sun, 14 April 1919 (Papers Past) [02 July 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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