John Wardlaw Stevens has died
The hero John Wardlaw Stevens was killed on 24 December in Belgium while he was fighting to prevent the Germans to travel through Belgium to France and to prevent the Germans from attacking England. He was fighting at Polygon wood a wood located between Ypres and Zonnebeke. Private Stevens was only 26 years old. He was buried at the Tyne Cot cemetery in Ypres in Belgium.
He was born at 27 May 1891 in Wallacetown in Southland. His parents are John and Januarye Wardlaw Stevens. They live at Awarua Plains in Southland. His wife Edith Mable Stevens lives at 48 Baird Street, Lindisfarne, Invercargill, Southland. He was a farmer before he enlisted to the army.
He left New Zealand at 13 June from Wellington. He travelled over sea with the boat HMNZT 87 and arrived at Devonport in England at 19 October. There he was trained to be a soldier. After some time he went to Belgium where he and the other men from the 2nd battalion of the Otago infantry regiment fought to keep the Germans out of England.
We will never forget him
He was born at 27 May 1891 in Wallacetown in Southland. His parents are John and Januarye Wardlaw Stevens. They live at Awarua Plains in Southland. His wife Edith Mable Stevens lives at 48 Baird Street, Lindisfarne, Invercargill, Southland. He was a farmer before he enlisted to the army.
He left New Zealand at 13 June from Wellington. He travelled over sea with the boat HMNZT 87 and arrived at Devonport in England at 19 October. There he was trained to be a soldier. After some time he went to Belgium where he and the other men from the 2nd battalion of the Otago infantry regiment fought to keep the Germans out of England.
We will never forget him