Leonard John Stratford

Forenames

Leonard John AWMM

Surname

Stratford AWMM

Also known as

John Squires Stratford AWMM

Service number

WWI 32239 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

14 Mar 1890 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Emily Stratford (mother), Waipukurau, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 32239 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-30 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 68 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM 13th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

• Son of John and Emily Squires, also known as John Squires Stratford. AWMM
• Dear brother of Walter (10/256), Harry (3/1094) and Vincent (34164), all of whom served in the Great War. First cousin of Harry James Stratford (20567) and his brother Rossland (13/1065A), the latter, losing his life serving in Sinai and Palestine.
  Public - Kiwi - Other relative - 2 October 2026 - Not Just Ordinary Blokes (2023) Holms,J G M, Boolarong Press, Tingalpa, QLD.

Death

2 Sept 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. D. 2. AWMM

Memorial name

Waipukurau War Memorial AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7822248
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/206368/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/206368
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Holms, J G M Back to the Front (2023) The Experiences of Elsie Grey: A New Zealand World War I Nurse
  Public - Kiwi - Other relative - 1 October 2026 - Family records obtained from the Holms/Simmons family

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 28
• Information kindly provided by family
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• Book dedicated to Leonard, as well as his brothers, Walter, Harry and Vincent.
  Zip Print Maryborough
  Public - Kiwi - Other relative - 1 October 2026 - Primarily from the Diary of Elsie Grey, a Grand Aunt of the editor J G M Holms