STEVENSON, Paul Hugh
(Service number 28943)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19 March 1889 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 436 St Asaph Street, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Clerk (NZ Railways) | ||
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| Next of Kin | James STEVENSON (father), Waituna Station, Waimate; Main North Road, Temuka (Rural delivery) | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 21st Reinforcements, Specialist Company, Signal Section | ||
| Date | 21 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa or Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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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 | 22 March 1964 | Age | 75 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Oamaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Paul Hugh Stevenson was born on 19 March 1889 at Dunedin, the youngest son of James and Jane (Jean, née Buchanan) Stevenson. He was educated for some years at Duntroon School. Sergeant P. H. Stevenson, 28943, of Temuka, returned to New Zealand per the “Arawa” (Draft No. 244), reaching Lyttelton about 12 May 1919. He married Winifred Edith Hemings in 1922.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 June 2020]; New Zealand Times, 29 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 May 2020]; Oamaru Cemetery headstone transcription [02 June 2020]
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