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STEVENS, Arthur Herbert Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6524 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, Enlisted at Hobart |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bourses, Bapaume, France, 9 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Chaplain W.K. Douglas wrote to Edith Stevens that Arthur had been killed instantly by machine gun fire and that he had buried Arthur and some others and a cross had been placed. Grave was destroyed during the heavy battle which followed, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6524, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hobart | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6524, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6524, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Alfred and Margaret Stevens; husband of Edith Stevens of South Queenstown, Tasmania. Father of Roma Jean Stevens
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Militia for 5 years