KESSELL, Stephen Lackey
| Service Number: | 55839 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, 17 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School, University of Adelaide (B.Sc., 1917; M.Sc., 1927) & University of Oxford (Dip.For., 1919) |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Armadale, Victoria, 29 June 1979, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Attorney General's Department WW1 Honour Board , Adelaide High School Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 55839, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 55839, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney |
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A forester for all of his life, Stephen Kessel grew up in New South Wales, was educated in South Australia and enlisted in December 1917. Assigned to the engineers, he was discharged in England in early 1920. Returning to Australia, he worked in Western Australia and Tasmania and eventually passed away in Victoria in 1979, aged 82 years. In 1951 Stephen Kessel was appointed a Member of the British Empire, MBE for his work in the forestry industry.
... Young Stephen attended Adelaide High School and studied forestry at the University of Adelaide (B.Sc., 1917; M.Sc., 1927). He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 18 December 1917 and reached England in August 1918. In the following year he was granted leave to further his studies and entered the University of Oxford (Dip.For., 1919).... To continue reading Click Here (adb.anu.edu.au)
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