STEVENSON, Lloyd Douglas
| Service Number: | 7800 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Wesley Vale State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, West of Meteren, France, 23 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Meteren Military Cemetery Meteren Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 268), France, Meteren Military Cemetery, Meteren, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, East Devonport St Paul's Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 23 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7800, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 7800, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 7800, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
Remembering Lloyd.
Private Lloyd Douglas Stevenson (S/N 7800) was born in Port Frederick Tasmania on the 12th May 1896. The son of John Mawer Stevenson and Eliza Stevenson (nee McGinty). He embarked Melbourne, Victoria on August 4th 1917 with the 91st Infantry Battalion.
He was serving in the 12th Battalion 26th Reinforcement when he was killed in action on 23rd April 1918 and is commemorated in the Meteren Military Cemetery, Meteren, Nord, France. He was just 21yrs old.
His brother Lemuel Mervyn Stevenson (S/N 3126) was also killed in action on January 28th 1917 and is commemorated in the London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Comines- Warneton, Hainaut. Belgium.
Submitted 23 May 2016 by Bronwyn Alexander
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Bronwyn Patricia
Private Lloyd Douglas STEVENSON, S/N 7800.
Born 12th May 1896 at Port Frederick -Devonport the son of John Mawer Stevenson and Eliza Stevenson (nee McGinty) he embarked Melbourne, Victoria on "HMAT A32 Thermistocles" 4th August 1917 with the 91st Infantry Battalion.
He was serving with 12th Battalion /26th reinforcement (unit 24) when he was killed in action on 23rd April 1918 and is commemorated in the Meteren Military Cemetery, Meteren, Nord, France. He was 21yrs old.
His brother Lemuel Mervyn Stevenson (S/N 3126) was killed in action 28th January 1918 and is commemorated in the London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Comines- Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
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