STECHMAN, Ralph Sinclair
(Service number 6/550)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 21 April 1893 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 73 Elizabeth Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Pilot service | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | F. STECHMANN (father), 73 Elizabeth Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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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 | 29 June 1962 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Westport | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Orowaiiti Cemetery, Westport | ||
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Biographical Notes
Ralph Sinclair Stechmann was the son of Francis and Angelina (Annie) Stechman. He was educated at Timaru Main School. Ralph married Marie Gertrude Powell on 21 May 1918 in London. Marie died in 1923 at Timaru. He married secondly Lillian Lucy Port, 1937, in New Zealand. His father Frank, a pilot and the night watchman on the Ttimaru Harbour Board's dredge, died suddenly in September 1920.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 June 2018]
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