STORMONTH, Stewart Lyle
| Service Number: | 563 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Killarney, Queensland, 17 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Suicide (gunshot chest), Nambour, Queensland, 13 September 1935, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nambour (old) General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 563, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 563, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 563, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 563, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 12 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Imprisoned The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain | |
| 2 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"SHOOTING TRAGEDY. YOUNG MAN TAKES HIS LIFE. Brisbane, Friday.
While conversing with the Under Secretary for Justice in the latter's office this morning, Stewart Lyle Stormonth, aged 37, a Clerk of Petty Sessions, at Nambour, drew an automatic revolver from inside his coat pocket. Two shots rang out and Stormonth fell fatally wounded with two bullet wounds in the left side of his chest. He was dead when the Ambulance arrived. Stormonth, who leaves a widow and boy of twelve, was captain in the A.I.F. and was three years a prisoner of war with the Turks, having been taken at Suvla Bay. He is mentioned in two books written by fellow prisoners of war, in "The Road to Endor," by Lieutenant Hill and "Guests of the Unspeakable" by the present Minister for Customs (Mr. White)." - from the Proserpine Guardian 14 Sep 1935 (nla.gov.au)
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