David Robert STEPHEN MC

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STEPHEN, David Robert

Service Number:	463
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Montrose, Scotland., date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Townhead School, Montrose, Angus [historically a county (known officially as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1928]
Occupation:	Railway employee
Died:	Killed In Action, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France, 28 March 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Grave XIII. F. 9. INSCRIPTION - ONE OF THE UNRETURNING HEROES ONE OF THE NOBLE DEAD
Memorials:	Motherwell War Memorial

World War 1 Service

6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 463, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 463, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-03-28
Date unknown:	Honoured Military Cross

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Although born in Montrose in the county of Angus, he is remembered on the Motherwell War Memorial by reason of his parents' later residency in Ladywell, Motherwell. See 'Overseas Forces'. The Motherwell War Memorial was unveiled on 30 October 1921, attended by Lord Claude Hamilton and stands in the Duchess of Hamilton Park in Motherwell,
Strathclyde, ML1, Scotland.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 28 and the son of David Stephen and Mary Ann Strachan Stephen, of 38, James St., Ladywell, Motherwell, Scotland.

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