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STECHMANN, Thomas Moncrieff
(Service number 74434)

Mk VI Compass - open — This compass, purchased at auction in Auckland about 1980, appears to be stamped (on the underside) with Thomas Stechmann's serial number. Normally such items would only be issued to officers. (Courtesy of David Deacon )

Mk VI Compass - verso — The maker's marks and model number appear on the verso of this compass, above Thomas Stechmann's serial number (74434), and the year (1918). (Courtesy of David Deacon )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	13/07/1898	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	73 Elizabeth Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs A. STECHMANN (mother), 73 Elizabeth Street, Timaru
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	39th Reinforcements, E Company
Date	13 June 1918
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	23 December 1961	Age	63 years
Place of Death	Wellington
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Moncrieff Stechman was the son of John Henry Frederick and Angelina Stechman, Thomas was educated at Timaru Main School. He married Ivy Myrtle Cheyne in 1923. His father Frank, a pilot and the night watchman on the Timaru Harbour Board's dredge, died suddenly in September 1920.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 June 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [June 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [June 2018] ; SCRFoll web submission by D Deacon, 7 January 2024.

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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