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Claude Stevenson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Claude AWMM
  • Surname
    Stevenson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Claude Stevenson AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2772 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 January 1897 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1st Jan 1897 Public - Colleen - Other Relative - 2 April 2015 - Family papers.
  • Place of birth
    Wellington
    New Zealand Public - Colleen - Other Relative - 2 April 2015 - Family papers.
  • Birth notes
    Son of Henry and Clara Stevenson, of 14, Summerhay St., Palmerston North. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/claude-stevenson
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 129 Ballance Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    H. Stevenson (father), 129 Ballance Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2772 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Claude Stevenson was the son of Henry and Clara Stevenson, of 14 Summerhay St., Palmerston North, New Zealand.

      New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141.

      Next of Kin: Mr H. Stevenson, Rongotea, Manawatu (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
    • PRIVATE STEVENSON'S INJURY.
      Particulars reached Gisborne to-day of the injury sustained by Private Claude Stevenson, a Gisborne boy, reported wounded early in June. Stevenson was one of the battalion snipers and was employed with .Lieut. Muir and Private Ovendon on a sniping post. A machine gun was turned on to them, and the officer told Stevenson to get back into the trench. He did so in a hurray and landed on top of a rifle with bayonet fixed. The .bayonet penetrated his leg just above the knee and went in up his leg, coming out a few inches below his hip. It: was not a serious wound, but one that will probably make the leg stiff for a long time. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2023 - PRIVATE STEVENSON'S INJURY.
      POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14057, 29 JULY 1916, PAGE 3
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Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
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  • Obituary
    Private Claude Stevenson, of whose death in action his parents, Mr. . and Mrs. H. Stevenson, Valley road, Mangapapa, received official advice this morning. Private Stevenson, who was 20 years of age, left with the Sixthi Reinforcements, when only 18 years of age. At the time of enlisting he was employed in the Borough Council's fitting shop. Private Stevenson was accidentally wounded on Gallipoli in June last year. Lieut, Muir, Private Ovenden, and he were erecting a snipers post when the Turks opened on to them with a machine-gun. They jumped into a trench for shelter. Private Stevenson landed on a bayonet, which entered his leg above the knee and came out at the thigh. He was sent to hospital in England, where he spent five months, eventually recovering and rejoining his company. An elder brother, who left with the 19th Reinforcements, is also in France Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 14329, 20 JUNE 1917, PAGE 3
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
11 December 2023Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
29 March 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
02 April 2015Colleen Tauranga, New ZealandOther Relative

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