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STEVENS, Frederick Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1611 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1611, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1611, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1611, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frederick Roy Stevens was the son of James Edward and Elizabeth Stevens, born in 1896. He was raised in Broken Hill before enlisting at only 18 years of age with his mother’s permission. He was a younger brother of 2591 Pte. William Henry Stevens 48th Battalion AIF, who was killed in action 16 days later on 21 November 1916. Another brother James Leo Stevens also served with the 27th Battalion and returned to Australia in 1919.