Rossland Cecil Stratford

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Rossland Cecil AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Stratford AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 13/1065A AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

10th February 1889

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Wāhi Whānau

Lower HUtt, Hutt Valley, New Zealand

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Oparau, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

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

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

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

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 13/1065A AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

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.'
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Matenga

30 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

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

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Tohutoro maumaharatanga

Block: General, Row: 45, Plot: 10

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

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

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 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

Ngā tuhinga

• 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.