STOOPS, John Jacob
| Service Number: | 51187 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 20 October 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England Plot II, Row F, Grave No. II |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merewether Memorial Gates, Merewether Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51187, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
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| 19 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 51187, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 51187, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney | |
| 26 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 51187, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 51187 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
104 years ago today, at 4.45. pm on the 20th October 1918, Private John Jacob Craig Stoops, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-51187), labourer from 82 Morgan Street, Merewether, New South Wales, died of disease (influenza and pneumonia) at Sutton Veny Military Hospital, England, age-21.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 18th April 1897 to James (died 1916 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137098977, buried here) and Margaret Stoops (born 1879, died 1.10.1956, Newcastle Memorial Park), and Sarah Stoops nee Hunter, maternal grandmother (born 1860? died 1934, not listed on Sandgate Cemetery database) of Russell Road, New Lambton, N.S.W., John enlisted January 1918 with the 1st to 15th N.S.W. Reinforcements at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital, Sutton Veny, 13.10.1918 (influenza, pneumonia, seriously ill).
Transferred 16.10.1918 to Sutton Veny Military Hospital.
Laid to rest at 3 pm on the 25th October 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137491019 - report that John had died of illness (influenza and pneumonia).
John is resting at Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England. Plot II Row F Grave II.
Mr. Stoop’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates (photos, unveiled on the 12th March 1921, 322 names originally inscribed, 44 Fallen, 335 names now inscribed, 51 Fallen, located at the corner of Robert and Mitchell Streets, Merewether, N.S.W.), Merewether Public School Roll of Honor and the Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour.
There is no headstone at father’s gravesite, therefore no memorial inscription to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, so November 2021 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of his service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) F NW. 65.
Many thanks to the wonderful Michelle Foster for the extensive family history.
Many thanks to Cathy Sedgwick for her outstanding research.
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/.../stoops_john_jacob...
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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