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STRATFORD, Joseph
(Service number 74408)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	06/10/1897	Place of Birth	Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Pleasant Point
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs L. STRATFORD (mother), Pleasant Point, Canterbury
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	38th Reinforcements, C Company
Date	5 June 1918
Transport	Remuera
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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

Farmer

Death

Date	2 August 1978	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 177, Plot 780
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Joseph Stratford was the son of Philip and Louisa (née Thompson) Stratford of Pleasant Point. Philip and Louisa both came from England. he was educated at Pleasant Point School. Joseph married Mabel Abigail Appleton in 1925. Joseph and Mabel divorced in 1934. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 February 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 February 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [13 February 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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