Phillip Raphael STONEHAM

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STONEHAM, Phillip Raphael

Service Number:	2226
Enlisted:	23 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1896
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Paddington Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Warehouse salesman
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Fountain

World War 1 Service

23 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2226, 3rd Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2226, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2226, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Phillip Raphael Stoneham was one of two brothers who lost their lives during WW1. He was the son of Ephraim and Matilda Stoneham, of Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales.

Phillip’s brother, 10091 Gunner Walter Vincent Stoneham 15th Field Artillery Brigade, was returned to Australia in 1916 and died of tuberculosis in Sydney during June 1916 and died of the disease less than six weeks later.

Phillip joined the 3rd Battalion on Gallipoli on 4 August 1915, only a few days before the epic Battle for Lone Pine. The attack commenced on 6 August and on 14 August Stoneham was reported as missing. A statement given at Tel-el-Kebir on 23 February 1916 by Sgt. R. L Graham of “D” Coy, 3rd Battalion confirmed that Stoneham was killed by machine gun fire in the trenches at Lone Pine on 6 August 1915. Sgt. Graham also claimed that he witnessed Stoneham’s burial in a hole dug in the trench where he was killed. Following repeated enquiries from Stoneham’s father, a Court of Inquiry was finally held in the Field in France on 5 June 1916 where it was determined that Stoneham was killed in action between 7/12 August on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The news did not officially reach Sydney until November 1916.

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