STAGOLL, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 14317 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mail assistant |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14317, 3rd Field Ambulance | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 14317, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 14317, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14317, 3rd Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
John Thomas STAGOLL was born in Ararat in 1895 and was working for the Postmaster General's Department as a Mail assistant when he joined the AIF in 1915.
His next of kin was his Father, Edwin Stagoll of Barkly Street Sunbury although John appears to have been living in Richmond.
A keen sportsman, John played 17 games of Australian Rules football for the Hawthorn FC in 1914/1915.
He was also a member of the Yarra Borderers 56th Infantry based in Richmond.
John left for overseas on 3/7/1916 aboard the HMAT Ayrshire as part of the Australian Medical Corps.
Between his time of enlisting and embarking he married Alice Adeline Stagoll, and she, along with John's father settled at 34 Dover Street Richmond.
John served in England and France with the Medical Corps and at one stage was transferred to the Postal Corps for a short time.
He contracted pneumonia which kept him in hospital for some weeks.
John returned to Australia on 21/6/1919 and was discharged on 5/8/1919. He returned to the PMG and resumed mail work.
John died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on 19/7/1965 and is remembered at the Springvale Cemetery.