STEVENS, Eddy Blackwood
| Service Number: | 320 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Warrnambool State School, Warrnambool Agricultural High School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row I, Grave 4 Rev. J. Hearn officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warrnambool Agricultural High School "They Died For Us" Honour Roll, Warrnambool Agricultural High School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 320, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 320, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 320, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 8 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment, In the field | |
| 28 Sep 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 320, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 320 awm_unit: 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William and Margaret Hanson Stevens of 31 Closeburn Avenue, Windsor, Victoria formerly of Raglan Parade, Warrnambool, Victoria. Brother of Elsie V.F. Keith nee Stevens
GONE BUT NOT FORGETTEN
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Word was received here yesterday to the effect that Pte. Eddy B. Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Stevens, Raglan Parade, had been killed in action at the Dardanelles on the 28th September. He was only 22 years of age, was a splendid rifle shot, and was employed as a sniper. He studied at the local Agricultural High Shcool, and, having finished his course in that institution, went on the land in New South Wales, where he enlisted. He left for the front in December last year, and landed at Gallipoli on May 18th. He was therefore 4 1/2 months in the trenches. Deceasedw was well-known and highly esteemed, and was a member of Mr. Wm. Swinton's Bible Class at the local Presbyterian Church.