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John Wardlaw Stevens
Informationen zu Geburt
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Geburtsdatum: 27/05/1891 |
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Geburtsort: Wallacetown, Southland, New Zealand |
Allgemeine Informationen
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Beruf: Landwirt / Bauman / Ökonom |
Informationen zum Armeedienst
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Land: New Zealand |
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Truppe: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Private |
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Dienstnummer: 53276 |
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Einberufung datum: 23/03/1917 |
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Einberufung ort: Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand |
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Einheiten: — Otago Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Letzte bekannte Einheit) |
Informationen zu Tod
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Sterbedatum: 24/12/1917 |
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Sterbeort: Reutel, Beselare, Belgien |
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Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen |
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Alter: 26 |
Begräbnisplatz
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Tyne Cot Cemetery Grabstelle: XLIV Reihe: F Grab: 26 |
Auszeichnungen und Orden 2
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British War Medal Medaille |
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Victory Medal Medaille |
Punkte von Interesse 3
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| #2 | Einberufung ort | ||
| #3 | Ort des Todes (ungefähr) |
Meine Geschichte
Private John Wardlaw Stevens served in the Otago Regiment 2nd Battalion, part of the 2nd New Zealand Brigade, of the New Zealand Division.
The Otago Regiment 2nd Battalion moved back into the frontline, East of Polygon Wood, on the 22nd of December 1917. The 2nd Battalion had to defend and fortify the line near the hamlet of Reutel. On the 24th of December 1917 the German artillery heavily shelled the line of the New Zealanders. Including the positions occupied by the 2nd Otago, causing about twenty-six casualties. Six men of the 2nd Otago were killed instantly, due to the shelling, while around twenty men were wounded.
Private John Wardlaw Stevens was one of the six men who were killed, due to the German shelling on the 2nd Otago positions near Reutel. His comrades buried him close to the line, roughly shown on the map, (at coordinate 28.J.11.c.8.6.). Later on he was reburied on Tyne Cot Cemetery.
The Otago Regiment 2nd Battalion moved back into the frontline, East of Polygon Wood, on the 22nd of December 1917. The 2nd Battalion had to defend and fortify the line near the hamlet of Reutel. On the 24th of December 1917 the German artillery heavily shelled the line of the New Zealanders. Including the positions occupied by the 2nd Otago, causing about twenty-six casualties. Six men of the 2nd Otago were killed instantly, due to the shelling, while around twenty men were wounded.
Private John Wardlaw Stevens was one of the six men who were killed, due to the German shelling on the 2nd Otago positions near Reutel. His comrades buried him close to the line, roughly shown on the map, (at coordinate 28.J.11.c.8.6.). Later on he was reburied on Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Weitere Informationen 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/464773 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=f93c9265-dc4b-4555-bf9d-8f54d21ef41c |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7183566 |
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Online Cenotaph (Auckland Museum) https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/c14987 |
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The NZEF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=243759 |