STEMP, Albert William
| Service Number: | 2728 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Kent, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2728, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2728, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
At attestation he claimed to have been born in Battle in Sussex but his birth registration clearly states he was born in the Maidstone district of Kent.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1890 Stemp Albert William Maidstone 2a 693.
He was 28 and the son of William & Ellen Sarah Stemp of 3, Virgins Croft, Battle, Sussex, England.
He is remembered on the Battle, Sussex war Memorial which is in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin. It takes the form of a wheel cross mounted on a tapering shaft mounted on a plinth with a two-stepped base.
The memorial was unveiled by Rev Canon Cook on 15 February 1920; the designer was Mr G H Brett. The memorial was paid for by the Dean and the Hon. Mrs. Currie according to references in Battle Parish Vestry Book 1896 - 1987 and Battle Church Publication 1920.
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