Robert STEPHENSON

Regimental number25/686
Place of birthMiddlemarch
OccupationFisherman
Next of kinSister, Mrs J C Macdonald, Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialErquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension (Plot I, Row K, Grave No 12), nr Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Robert and Harriet Stephenson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 16