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Charles Graham Stokes

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Full length portrait of Inter War Staff Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class 2) Charles Graham Stokes. Image kindly provided by John Stokes (March 2017). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Full length portrait of Inter War Staff Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class 2) Charles Graham Stok …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Graham AWMM
  • Surname
    Stokes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Joss AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 March 1876 AWMM Ventnor, Isle of Wight AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 June 1902 AWMM Narrow Neck Military Camp, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Pre WW1 1 June 1902 AWMM Soldier/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attested for permanent Force 1 May 1912

    Posted Auckland military District 1 May 1912

    Sergeant instructor for senior cadets at Dargaville, te Koporu and for C Company, 15th Northland Regiment

    1914 training men at Epsom Race Course Camp for overseas service

    Then returned to Dargaville

    14 July 1917, was transferred to Narrow Neck Camp, Devonport as instructor for the Maori Reinforcements

    Promoted, trained and spent the rest of his military career at Auckland training Territorial Force personnel and Cadets

    Served 21 years 132 days

    Listed as 2nd Reserves by NZSG (2002) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    15 July 1962 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
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  • Date of death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, North Shore, Auckland AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Chamberlain, H. (1995). Service lives remembered : the Meritorious Service Medal in New Zealand and it's recipients 1895-1994. Wellington, NZ.: Author. AWMM
    • New Zealand World War I service personnel and reserves index [electronic resource]. (2002). Auckland, N.Z.: St Johns Branch New Zealand Society of Genealogists. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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