STUMP, Eric Lancaster
| Service Numbers: | WX11805, W13114 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 28 December 1907 |
| Home Town: | Glen Forrest, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 9 February 1982, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremation |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX11805 | |
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| 25 Aug 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Post WW1), W13114, ‘Discharged for purpose of being appointed to Commissioned Rank’ (NAA) | |
| 7 Nov 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , WX11805, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, embarked Fremantle for the Middle East on board US Convoy 13 | |
| 1 May 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , WX11805, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, embarked Middle East for Adelaide on board the Sutley | |
| 21 Apr 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , WX11805, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, embarked Townsville for Milne Bay on board the Cleveland Abbe | |
| 28 Nov 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , WX11805, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, embarked Buna for Sydney on board the Duntroon | |
| 14 Jun 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX11805 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lieutenant Eric Lancaster Stump (Service Nos:W13114/WX11805) initially enlisted in the ACMF as a Sergeant on 24 April 1941, and was a Warrant Officer with AASC on 25 August 1941 when he was 'Discharged for purpose of being appointed to Commissioned Rank' (NAA). Lieutenant Stump served in the Middle East (7 November 1941 - 1 May 1942) with 1 Australian Bulk Petrol Depot, and in New Guinea (Buna, Port Moresby; 21 April 1943 - 28 November 1943) with 6 Bulk Oil and Petrol Depot and BIPOD New Guinea Task Force. Lieutenant Stump was attached to AASC Reinforcemnts at Termination of Appointment on 14 June 1944.
Eric was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1907, eldest of three children of Ernest Lancaster Stump Snr (b1880 in London, England) and Nellie Maud Parkinson (b1875 in London, England). Eric Snr was a Hoisery Assistant in 1902 in London when he and Nellie married. In 1906 the couple immigrated, arriving in Albany, Western Australia on board the Persic, and settling in Perth, where Eric Snr was a Grocer. In 1912 the family moved to Kalgoorlie - Eric Snr was a Greengrocer - and then to Bunbury in 1917 - Eric Snr was a Mercer and Outfitter. In the mid 1920s Eric Snr and Nellie settled at Glen Forrest in Mundaring, where Eric Snr was a Storekeeper until his death in a car accident in 1930.
Eric was a Shop Assistant, working for his father in Glen Forrest. In 1933 in Guildford he married Freda Laura Ingram (b1907 in Perth, Western Australia). The couple settled in Parkerville, Mundaring where Eric was a Store Manager in partnership with his brother Cedric. Following his Discharge from the Army, Eric and Nellie lived in Glen Forrest, where Eric was a Store Manager, before settling in Perth in the 1950s, where they raised their family and Eric was a Merchant, travelling regularly between Fremantle and Singapore. Eric died in 1982 and Freda in 2003.
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