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William Frederick Stevenson

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel S_024. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel S_024. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Stevenson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 4184 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of William and Ethel May Stevenson, of London, England, late of Whanganui Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 April 2023 - NZ War Graves
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 129 Fox Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs E.M. Stevenson (wife), 129 Fox Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Married/WWII AWMM
    • Husband of Evelyn Marion Stevenson, of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 April 2023 - NZ War Graves

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 4184 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • William Stevenson was the son of William and Ethel May Stevenson, of London, England; husband of Evelyn Marion Stevenson, of Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 16. H. 7. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    DEATH FROM WOUNDS PERMANENT STAFF OFFICER FOOTBALLER AND ATHLETE Advice has been received that Second-Lieutenant William Frederick Stevenson, N.Z.P.S., only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Stevenson, of Wanganui, has died of wounds. Second-Lieutenant Stevenson, who was 33 years of age, was well known in Auckland, having been on the Permanent Staff here for about five years before war broke out. He was an instructor and quarter-master-sergeant at the Northern Depot, New Zealand Corps of Signals, and about four years ago was sent to Australia for special instruction. After taking a course at Trentham he left New Zealand with the First Echelon as a staff-sergeant, gaining his commission in the field after undergoing a course in the Officer Cadets' Training Unit in Egypt. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 April 2023 - NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 78, ISSUE 24159, 29 DECEMBER 1941, PAGE 7
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2058155
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.173 AWMM
    • Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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28 April 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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