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STUMBLES, Albert
(Service number 28227)

Pte Albert Stumbles — (Supplement, Auckland Weekly News, 22 November 1917, p.40 )

Albert Stumbles - Tyne Cot Memorial — The names of the fallen on the Tyne Cot Memorial from the Wellington Infantry Regiment - including Albert Stumbles. (Courtesy of D Hammond )

Pleasant Point War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.18 #01)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	24/05/1883	Place of Birth	Port Chalmers

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	33
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J Stumbles (father) Levels South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 ft 6 ½ inches; Weight 140 lbs; Chest: Minimum 34 ½ inches, Maximum 37 ½ inches; Complexion dark; Colour of eyes: brown & grey; Colour of hair: black

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	18th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Date	16 October 1916
Transport	HMNZT 66, Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Infantry Regiment

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

Death

Date	4 October 1917	Age
Place of Death	Ypres, Belgium
Cause	killed in action
Notices	Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14541, 19 October 1917, Page 5
Memorial or Cemetery	Tyne Cot Memorial
Memorial Reference	NZ Apse, Panel 6
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Pleasant Point War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Albert Stumbles was the 10th of 13 children to Mr & Mrs J Stumbles of Levels. He was the eigth and youngest son. Albert’s father John (1838-1926), was born at Salcombe, Devonshire, England, emigrated to Australia about 1858, then on to NZ about 1860 (both times with his two older brothers), and at died at Pleasant Point. Albert’s mother Harriet (nee Coleman, 1845-1939), was born at Waikouaiti nd als died at Pleasant Point on 6 March 1939. One or more of the Stumbles children was reported to have seen Richard Pearse's first flight. Albert’s other brothers that served, Frederick Stumbles 47370, and David Stumbles 19066, are named on the Cave memorial - but not Albert.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database; SCroll web submission by D Hammond, 1 August 2017

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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