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STEPHENS, Alfred Hugh

Service Number:	569
Enlisted:	22 March 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Qld., 1891
Home Town:	Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling:	Private Tuition
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 5 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	"Men From Kerry" Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaudesert War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

22 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 569, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 569, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 569, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
5 Aug 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 569, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 569 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-05

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edgar and Mary Ellen STEPHENS