FULL NAME     
Don Henry Stephens
RANK LAST HELD     
Private
FORENAME(S)     
Don Henry
SURNAME     
Stephens
WAR     
World War II, 1939-1945
SERIAL NO.     
62460
GENDER     
Male
FIRST KNOWN RANK     
Private
OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT     
Bushman
NEXT OF KIN     
Mrs E.M. Stephens, R.D. Kaimai, Tauranga (Mother)
MARITAL STATUS     
Single
ENLISTMENT ADDRESS     
R.D. Kaimai, Tauranga
BODY ON EMBARKATION     
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
EMBARKATION UNIT     
Infantry Reinforcements, 2NZEF
NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER     
WW2 4
PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL     
WW2 334
LAST UNIT SERVED     
21 Infantry Battalion
PLACE OF DEATH     
Western Desert
DATE OF DEATH     
22 November 1941
AGE AT DEATH     
23
YEAR OF DEATH     
1941
CAUSE OF DEATH     
Died of wounds
CEMETERY NAME     
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt
GRAVE REFERENCE     
22. G. 4.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES     
Private Don Henry Stephens was the son of Isaac Marks Stephens and Evelyn Martha Stephens, of Kaimai, Auckland, New Zealand
SOURCES USED     
Cody, J. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941)