Ernest STEVENSON MM

STEVENSON, Ernest

    Service Number: 3006
    Enlisted: 5 January 1916
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bealiba, Victoria, Australia, 21 February 1895
    Home Town: Bealiba, Central Goldfields, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 4 September 1964, aged 69 years
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Boronia, Wall ZD, Niche 233
    Memorials: Bealiba Memorial Gate Posts
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3006
    4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 3006, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 3006, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    23 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 29th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Beaumetz, Shell wounds right foot and chest
    26 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 29th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Sailly-le-Sec, Gassed
    11 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
    12 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    21 Jan 1919: Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", During the operation at Vauvillers, France on 9 August 1918 this soldier's company was held up by very heavy machine gun fire. Private Stevenson who was in command of a Lewis Gun Team skilfully worked forward from the company’s flank to a commanding position from which he succeeded in silencing the enemy strong point, thus considerably helping his company to continue its advance to the final objective. Whilst the work of consolidation was going on he again showed remarkable skill and courage in the handling of his Gun Team. The success of his company was largely due to his skilful and courageous work.
    6 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3006, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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