BRETT, Stephen Prosser
Service Number: | 4098 |
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Enlisted: | 22 September 1915, Toowoomba |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Roma, Queensland, 21 June 1892 |
Home Town: | Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | State School, Toowong, Queensland |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
22 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4098, 26th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba | |
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28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4098, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4098, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4098, 26th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Stephen Prosser BRETT was born in Roma, Queensland on 21st June 1892
His parents were William Thomas BRETT & Selina JONES
He enlisted in Toowoomba on 22nd September, 1915 and embarked with the 26th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements on the ship HMAT Commonwealth on the 28th March, 1916
Stephen was Killed in Action in Belgium on 9th October, 1917 during the Battle of Passchendale - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
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His counsin William George TRIX (SN 200) also served in WW1 and was Killed in Action on 29th July, 1916