STEPHENS, Phillip Leslie West
| Service Number: | 5400 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallaroo Mines, South Australia , 19 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Cancer, Adelaide, South Australia , 14 April 1955, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5400, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5400, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 5400, 27th Infantry Battalion |
Phillip Leslie West Stephens
When Phillip Leslie West Stephens was born on 19 August 1891 in Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, his father, John, was 25 and his mother, Sarah, was 26. He was the oldest child. His father John, a miner, died in Boulder Western Australia during a mining accident in 1903 aged 37 and his mother who was living in Wallaroo with his siblings had to seek employment as a cook. My grandmother Elizabeth who was the eldest daughter had to leave school to raise her siblings, Olive, Vera, John, Phillip, and Cecil. Phillip Leslie West Stephens married Isabella Jane (Jean) Dempsey in Port Pirie, South Australia, on 28 October 1914 when he was 23 years old.
After WW1 Phillip returned to SA and lived in Port Pirie with his wife. He was a butcher and had two sons during his marriage. His first son Don Kevin was born on 17 August 1915 in Port Pirie and died the following year. His second son Ray was born in 1920 in Port Pirie, South Australia. Ray STEPHENS died on 24 June 1939 in Port Pirie, South Australia, when he was 19 years old following an accident. He died of cancer on 14 April 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia at the age of 63, and was buried with his mother Sarah Jane Stephens (Tremberth) and sister Vera Sophia in Centennial Park, South Australia.
Submitted 29 April 2019 by Susan Januska