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STACEY, Aubrey
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Deck Cadet |
| Last Unit: | SS Aparima |
| Born: | 1900, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in action - sinking of SS Aparima, At sea - approximately 6 nautical miles from Anvil Point, 19 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial |
| Memorials: | Campbell Australian Merchant Seamen Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Deck Cadet, SS Aparima |
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Son of Mrs. L. A. Stacey, of 64, Neill St., Carlton, Melbourne, Vic.
The Argus (Melbourne) 15-12-1917
STACEY.- On the 22nd November, Aubrey Beckingham Neill Stacey, the loved only son of T. G. Stacey and L. A. Stacey, of Melbourne, aged 17 years. He was a cadet on the Aparima training ship for officers, which was torpedoed without warning at 1 p.m., sinking in five minutes. He died doing his duty to his country for shirkers' liberty, and was done to death with17 of his cadet mates, without a chance to fight
for his life.
Eligibles, avenge his death.
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