James Frederick (aka John) STEEL

STEEL, James Frederick (aka John)

    Service Numbers: 15578, 15598
    Enlisted: 16 July 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Field Ambulance
    Born: Emerald Hill, Victoria, 11 May 1874
    Home Town: Sandringham, Victoria
    Schooling: Scotch College
    Occupation: Insurance Clerk (AMP Society)
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 October 1917, aged 43 years
    Cemetery: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
    Plot I, Row G, Grave 76 Headstone Inscription "BELOVED SON OF A. & E. A. STEEL OF SANDRINGHAM, VICTORIA", Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15578, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
    20 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15578, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Embarked on HMAT 'A17' Port Lincoln from Melbourne on 20th October 1916, transhipping at Sierra Leone on 6th December 1916 to HMAT 'A16' Port Melbourne, disembarking Devonport, England on 28th December 1916.
    4 Mar 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15598, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Proceeded to France from Folkstone on 4th March 1917.
    15 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Field Ambulance
    18 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15578, 9th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15578 awm_unit: 9th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-18

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of Alexander and Eliza Agnes STEEL, of "Morna" Bamfield Street, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. Native of South Melbourne, Victoria.

    Educated at Scotch College. A clerk for the AMP Society. Enlisted in July 1915. A Private in the Australian Medical Corps, he served with the 9th Field Ambulance France. He was killed in the Third Battle of Ypres on October 18, 1917. He was 43.

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