Rossland Cecil Stratford

Forenames

Rossland Cecil AWMM

Surname

Stratford AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1065A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

10th February 1889

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Place of birth

Lower HUtt, Hutt Valley, New Zealand

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Oparau, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Harry Stratford (father), Awapuni, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Sinai & Palestine AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1065A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

• Rossland Stratford was the son of Harry and Letitia Elizabeth Stratford, of Kohi, Waverley, New Zealand. Also served and wounded at Gallipoli.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr H. Stratford, Bunnythorpe, P. N. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• Was a dear first cousin of Walter, Harry, Vincent and Leonard Stratford(also KIA). Rossland was referred to by their family as 'a gentle lovely man.'
  Public - Relative - Other relative - 19 July 2017 - Family

Death

30 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Memorial name

Old Levin Cemetery, Tiro Tiro Road, Levin, Horowhenua, NZ 5512

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Memorial reference

Block: General, Row: 45, Plot: 10

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Memorial name

• Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7822252
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1647207/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1647207
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 699
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.