William Alexander STEVENSON

Regimental number10/259
Date of birth29 August 1886
Place of birthWanganui
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationLabourer
AddressTe Tui, Wanganui River
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.11
Height5' 9.5"
Weight167 lbs
Next of kinD Tidswell, Upper Hutt
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Infantry Brigade Headquarters
FateCommenced return to New Zealand
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Osmanich', no date stated; transferred to Deaconess Hospital, Alexandria, 19 May 1915 (measles); to Convalescent Camp, 15 June 1915; discharged, 3 July 1915.

Embarked for Dardanelles, Alexandria, 3 July 1915; rejoined NZ Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 8 July 1915.

Attached to Auckland Battalion Headquarters, 16 July 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 10 August 1915 (gastro-enteritis); transferred to Lady de Wal, Convalescent Home, Alexandria, 8 October 1915; marched into Emergency Camp, Zeitoun, no date stated.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMT 'Tahiti', 20 November 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 26 December 1915; discharged, 1 May 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 259 days (of which 1 year 78 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death8 March 1955, Waipukurau
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7821405

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