Ernest Edward STEPHENS

Regimental number41161
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs Kate Stephens, Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Specialist Company, Signal Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Embarked 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; re-embarked, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 20), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Horace and Kate Stephens; Wife: Grace Hamilton Stephens, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 13