STONE, John
| Service Number: | 1596 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Gilgai, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilgai War Memorial, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1596, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1596, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1596, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of Harry and Clara Stone, of Bundara Rd., Gilgai, New South Wales.
Inverell Times 8 June 1917.
ROLL OF HONOR. PRIVATE J. STONE.
'Yet another of the Gilgai heroes has paid the supreme penalty, word being received yesterday that Private J. Stone had been killed in action whilst fighting on the western front. The fallen soldier is a son of Mr. and Mrs H. Stone, of Gilgai, and was but 21 years of age. He had his 20th birthday shortly after landing in France, and celebrated his twenty-first anniversary in the trenches. The late Private Stone left Inverell with the second contingent of the 'Kurrajongs,' and was attached to the 23rd Battalion. However, so anxious was he to get into the firing line that he secured a transfer to the 53rd Battalion, and thus got to France months before his own battalion left England. The deceased soldier was a born athlete, and won quite a number of medals for football, running, and other events, which fitted him well for the part he so nobly played in the biggest of all games. Prior to enlisting he was assisting on his father's farm al Gilgai. He was of a quiet and unassuming nature, but with that a fine stamp of young man, and he was universally admired and esteemed by all who knew him.'