Leonard John Stratford

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Leonard John AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Stratford AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

John Squires Stratford AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 32239 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

14 Mar 1890 AWMM

Uri kiritahi

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

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 32239 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

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.

Matenga

2 Sept 1918 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

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

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Waipukurau War Memorial AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 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

Ngā tuhinga

• 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