STEVENS, Richard Harry
| Service Number: | 846 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School and School of Mines, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mine Engine Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row O, Grave 5 Headstone reads: His soul, the second death defies and reigns eternal in the skies |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 846, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 846, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 846, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 846, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Article: The death of Private. R. Stevens, who was recently reported to have been lost in the landing at Gallipoli, was referred to at a meeting of the Bendigo Mine Managers' Association on Saturday evening. Mr. J. Veale, in supporting a motion that a letter of condolence be sent to the deceased soldier's father, Mr. R. Stevens, underground manager at the Constellation mine, stated that Private Stevens was among the first to go to the war from the Johnson's Reef mine, and expressed great grief that such a promising young life should have been lost. The motion was carried.
Bendigonian Thursday 9 November 1916 page 12
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Stevens and Angelina Stevens nee Murton of 'Montana', Job's Gully, Bendigo, Victoria
AWM Roll of Honour Family Circular notes his full name as: Richard Harry Murton Stevens
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Studied with the International Correspondence School on the subject of Electrical Engineering
Also served with the 9th Light Horse for 3 years prior to enlisting
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