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Joseph Albert Stenning

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 57), Page: 34 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 57), Page: 34 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Stenning AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 41116 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 February 1893 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Owaka, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    A.J. Stenning (father), Pounawea, via Owaka, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1917 Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 41116 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 8.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      146 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Albert James and Sarah Jane Stenning, of Pounawea, Otago, New Zealand.

    Embarked Wellington, 2 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 10 June 1917; marched in to NZ Reserve Group, Sling Camp, 11 June 1917, and reverted to Temporary Corporal.
    Promoted Corporal, 9 July 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 23 July 1917; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 24 August 1917, and posted to D Company.
    Reported missing, 12 October 1917.
    Classified Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

    Parents: Albert James and Sarah Jane Stenning (both b. England), Pounawea, Otago AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM VIII. B. 5. AWMM
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  • Memorial name
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Sources

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  • References
    • Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      57: 34 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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06 October 2018CarolynBrisbane, AustraliaDirect descendant
21 May 2016AWMMAucklandResearcher

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