John STEPHENS

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Service Number:	3948
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Wytschaete, Messines, Belgium, 30 December 1917
Cemetery:	Somer Farm Cemetery Row B, Grave 18. Rev. C. Neville officiated Headstone inscription reads: The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3948, Enlisted at Melbourne
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3948, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3948, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
23 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3948, Shrapnel wounds to the abdomen and left leg

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Son of Matthew and Lucy Mary Stephens of 14 Sussex Street, Yarraville, Victoria

24 September 1916 - to hospital with a septic leg

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Senior Cadets

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