STUMBLES, David
(Service number 19066)
| First Rank | Lance Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 27/04/1879 | Place of Birth | Port Chalmers |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Cave | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Next of Kin | J. STUMBLES (father), Post-office, Levels, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 6th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company | ||
| Date | 26 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 January 1947 | Age | 67 years |
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| Place of Death | Ngapara, Oamaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Oamaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | Cave War Memorial - Those who offered their lives by serving overseas | ||
Biographical Notes
David Stumbles was the seventh son of John and Harriet (née Coleman) Stumbles. In 1920 at Ashburton, he married Jane Anne McIntyre McCormick who predeceased him and is buried in a McCormick plot at Pleasant Point. His youngest brother albert, was killed in action in 1917 at Ypres, Belgium.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 April 2019]; Oamaru Cemetery burial record (Waitaki District Council) [23 April 2019]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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