Stephen Radcliffe Archer
Born 5 Sept 1891 - Died 22 Jun 1915
- Service number
- WWI 7/509 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Stephen Radcliffe AWMM
- Surname
- Archer AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 7/509 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 5 Sept 1891 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 05 Sep 1891Public - Hayden Rex - Other Relative - 15 August 2015 - Title
New Zealand Birth Index, 1840-1950
Author
Ancestry.com
Publisher
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Publisher Date
2014
Publisher Location
Provo, UT, USA - Place of birth
- Fendalton, ChristchurchPublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 24 November 2018 - Memorial boulder on family grave plot, Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Christchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandPublic - Hayden Rex - Other Relative - 15 August 2015 - Title
New Zealand Birth Index, 1840-1950
Author
Ancestry.com
Publisher
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Publisher Date
2014
Publisher Location
Provo, UT, USA
- Fendalton, Christchurch
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- F.E. Archer, Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- His brother Fulbert Cave Archer.Public - Hayden Rex - Other Relative - 15 August 2015 - His father Fulbert Astley Archer died on the 28 February 1911, however his brother Fulbert Cave Archer was still alive and living in Fendalton, Christchurch at the time of his enrolment.
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 7/509 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Stephen Archer was the son of Fulbert Astley Archer and Amy Charlotte Archer, of Christchurch, New Zealand.
"Entered the School in May, 1910. He was in the XV. and the Shooting VIII. After a brief career on the land at Opotiki, he joined the 1st Machine Gun Section of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, and left with the Main Body. He landed at Gallipoli on May 12th, and was killed on June 22nd, 1915. Commonly known as 'Rusty,' he was universally beloved by his contemporaries. His Lieutenant, an old Christ's College boy, speaking of his death in a letter to his brother, said: 'It hits pretty hard, as he was without exception the finest man it has been my lot to meet." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])
He landed on Gallipoli 12 May 1915 and was killed in action 22 June 1915
Next of Kin: Mr F. C. Archer, Christchurch (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 22 Jun 1915 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
- 08 Jul 1915Public - Hayden Rex - Other Relative - 15 August 2015 - Military Personnel File is showing two dates for death and other supporting evidence indicates he was fit and well on the 28th June 1915. http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11507796
- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Canterbury Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM I.A.1. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Memorial boulder transcription: Sacred to the memory of
Stephen Radcliffe ARCHER
Son of Fulbert Astley ARCHER
Born at Fendalton, Chch, 5th Sep 1891
L.Corpl No. 1 Machine Gun Section, C.M.R. (Canterbury Mounted Rifles)
Killed in Action 22 June 1915
At No. 1 Outpost, Anzac, Gallipoli
Aged 23 years.Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 24 November 2018 - Personal visit - Memorial boulder and on headstone of family grave plot; Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand.Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 24 November 2018 - Personal visit
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271510
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/621500/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/621500
Further Reference - Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman.
- Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 19 - 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. 1: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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