Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Stanbridge AWMM

Also known as

George Stanbridge AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/358 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

14 Jun 1885 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John Stanbridge (brother), Puha, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/358 AWMM

Military service

Divisional Employment Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr J. Stanbridge, Puha, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

9 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. J. 13. AWMM

Obituary

Advice has been received locally that Private George Stanbridge. a member of the Otago Infantry, a native of Christchurch, and a brother of Mr. John Stanbridge, Puha, was killed in action on June 9. He left with the 3rd Reinforcements, and was through the Gallipoli campaign, from whence he was invalided to England as the result of a wound received in action. He returned to his company in France in January last. Ho was 29 years old, and a single man.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 June 2023 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLVIII, ISSUE 4597, 28 JUNE 1917, PAGE 4

Memorial name

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/R7820598
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/444514/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/444514
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  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: 686
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.