STEVENSON, Rolf
| Service Number: | 5185 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | White Hills, Tasmania, Australia, 1 March 1901 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Currie, King Island, Tasmania, Australia, 23 March 1954, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Currie Public Cemetery, King Island, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Currie King Island Great War Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5185, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5185, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5185, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5185, 12th Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Marseilles on board the Huntspill | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5185, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), France - SML arm | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5185, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), embarked Weymouth for Melbourne on board HT Shropshire | |
| 30 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5185, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Rolf Stevenson (Service No: 5185) enlisted in the AIF at Claremont, Tasmania on 28 January 1916, falsely giving his age as 18 years and 10 months when he was in fact, 15 years and 10 months. Private Stevenson was attached to 12th Infantry Battalion when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Egypt on 29 March 1916 on board RMS Orontes. Private Stevenson embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles on board the Huntspill on 7 June 1916 and served on the Western Front with 51st Infantry Battalion. WiA in France on 9 June 1917 (SML to arm), Private Stevenson continued serving in France before embarking from Weymouth for Melbourne on 1 April 1919 on board HT Shropshire. Private Stevenson was attached to 51st Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 30 June 1919.
Rolf (Rolph Reynolds Stevenson) was born in 1901 at White Hills in Launceston, Tasmania, fourth of five children of Thomas Lamont Stevenson (b1855 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Frances (Fannie) Reynolds (b1872 in Morven, Tasmania). Thomas was a Labourer in 1892 when he and Fannie married in Launceston. In 1910 the family moved to King Island where Thomas worked as a Contractor - road and scrub clearing - before moving to Devon Meadows at Lang Lang, Victoria where Thomas was a Farmer. Following Thomas' death in 1930, Fannie returned to Tasmania.
Rolf was working as a Labourer on King Island in 1916 when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge, he worked in Gippsland, Victoria (Morwell Coal Mine) and in 1923 in Melbourne he married Alice Amelia Burkett (b1902 in Melbourne, Victoria) - Alice had lived in Currie, King Island with her family as a child. Rolf and Alice lived in Melbourne where Rolf worked as a Labourer before moving to Yallourn in 1928 - Rolf worked as a Labourer and Rigger at the Brown Coal Mine. In 1937 the family settled in Currie on King Island, Tasmania and Rolf worked as a Lighhouse Keeper, Wharf Labourer and PMG Linesman. Rolf was a keen billiards player (running Snooker Halls in Currie and Yallourn) and football player. Alice died in 1952 and Rolf in 1954.