STEPHENSON, Harold James
| Service Number: | 3113 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1915, 2 years Color Sgt Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia , 16 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | West Wyalong, Bland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter & joiner |
| Died: | Killed in Action , Battle of Mont St. Quentin, France, 1 September 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3113, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2 years Color Sgt Cadets | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3113, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3113, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 3113, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3113 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-09-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 1st September 1918, Sergeant Harold James Stephenson, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3113), carpenter & joiner from "Northcote", Ungarie Road, West Wyalong, New South Wales, was killed by an enemy artillery shell, Battle of Mont St. Quentin, north of Peronne, France, age 21 years 7 months.
Born at West Wyalong, New South Wales on the 16th February 1897 to John (died 4.1.1929, West Wyalong, New South Wales, age 65), and Clara Magdolene (Magadiline, Magdalina) Stephenson (died 15.6.1943, West Wyalong, New South Wales, age 76, unfortunately, no gravesite photo available to see if their boys have been memorialised), from "The Willows", West Wyalong, N.S.W; grandson of John (died 14.8.1912, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 81), and Catherine S Stephenson (died 13.10.1887, Newcastle, N.S.W., age?), corner of Pitt & Railway Streets, Newcastle?, N.S.W. and Lindsay Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Harry enlisted on the 15th July 1915 with the 4th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on the 8th October 1915.
Transferred to 56th Battalion 13.2.1916.
Wounded in action - 21.9.1916 (GSW left side thorax, GSW back, severe).
Granted leave to England from 22.2.1918 to 11.3.1918.
Admitted to hospital 5.6.1918 (cellulitis neck).
Mr. Stephenson is resting at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot III Row E Grave 23.
Many thanks to Thierry Grier for the cemetery and headstone photos.
Place of Association - West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia.
3 brothers served 1st A.I.F.
Older brother John Christian M.M. (also known as Jack and Johnnie, born 29.6.1890, Hamilton, New South Wales, farmer from "Northcote", Ungarie Road, West Wyalong, New South Wales, enlisted 22.8.1914, an Original Anzac, 2nd Battalion, Reg No-790, Sergeant (signaller and batman), awarded Military Medal 19th August 1916 (Pozières), KIA 26th June 1918, age 27 years 11 months, resting at Borre British Cemetery, France. Plot II Row B Grave 20), memorialised same location. See profile on Sandgate WWI website for extensive research.
Older brother William Charles (Bill, born 13.6.1892, Hamilton, New South Wales, carpenter & joiner from "Northcote", Ungarie Road, West Wyalong, New South Wales, enlisted 15.10.1915, 19th Battalion, Reg No-3631, wounded in action - 10.3.1918 (gassed, severe), 15.8.1918 (SW head), RTA 15.12.1919, 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion, died 21.10.1966, Sydney, N.S.W., Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...).
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite of Grandparents John and Catherine Stephenson in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their 2 WW1 Grandsons for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-19. 98.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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