John Blyth Stephenson

Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Frederick and Evelyn Stephenson, of Wellington City; husband of Agnes Stephenson, of Dunedin, Otago.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"The death occurred in the Auckland Hospital yesterday morning of Lieutenant John Blythe Stephenson, R.N.V.R., of H.M.S. Achilles. Lieutenant Stephenson, who was 29 and married, was an accountant in Wellington. He had been a keen member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for a number of years and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in 1935.

After the outbreak of war he underwent courses of instruction and was posted to the Achilles in July. His wife resides in Parnell, and his parents are Mr. and Mrs. F. Stephenson, of Island Bay. Wellington. The funeral will be conducted with full naval honours this afternoon at Waikumete Cemetery. A naval party consisting of 25 officers and 180 ratings will take part, meeting the cortege at the cemetery at 2.10 p.m."

[New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23790, 18 October 1940, Page 9]

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Casualty

Name:

John Blyth Stephenson

Rank:

Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Achilles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

17 October 1940

Day of Death:

Thursday

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Prot. Naval Area A, Row 1, Grave 7.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand