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JOHNS, Stephen Eli
(Service number 12405)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	05/12/1888	Place of Birth	Balclutha

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Sutter Street, Timaru
Occupation	Bootmaker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs C. A. JOHNS (mother), Sutter Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company
Date	6 May 1916
Transport	Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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

Death

Date	24 May 1968	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 126, Plot 4
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Stephen Eli Johns was the son of George Albert and Clara Amelia Johns. His brother Herbert was killed in action in 1916 in France.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [30 December 2016]

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