STEVENSON, Gilbert Henry
(Service number 7/1785)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 25/01/1884 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Te Moana, Geraldine | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. STEVENSON (mother), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 7th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Mounted Machine Gun Squadron | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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| Days Interned | |
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Death
| Date | 9 December 1951 | Age | 67 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Gilbert Henry STEVENSON was the son of James and Mary (nee McVEIGH) STEVENSON. He was educated at Kakahu Bush School.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [04 November 2014]; SCRoll web submission by T Brosnahan, 14 March 2019
External Links
Related Documents
- Gilbert Stevenson homecoming - Lyttleton Times 14 January 1918 (docx, 16.7 KB updated 15-Mar-2019)
- Gilbert Henry STEVENSON war record by T Brosnahan (pdf, 106.9 KB updated 19-Mar-2019)
Researched and Written by
Teresa Scott, NZSG
Currently Assigned to
TS
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