Joseph Clarence STEVENS

Regimental number44318
Date of birth29 July 1894
Place of birthHanner Springs
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22.4
Height5' 11"
Weight174.5 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs C Stevens, 461 Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 December 1916
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Wife: Lucy May Griffen (formerly Stevens), 461 Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 14 April 1917; found guilty, at sea, 9 July 1917, of using obscene language to his superior officer: reduced to the ranks; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 July 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 September 1917; joined 3rd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 9 October 1917, and posted to B Company.

Reported 'Missing, believed killed in action, 12 October 1917'.

Now, 12 November 1917, reported 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 17
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7821254