Stephen John ZAPPELLI

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ZAPPELLI, Stephen John

Service Numbers:	742, V382957
Enlisted:	6 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 21 July 1888
Home Town:	Beech Forest, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer [WW1]; Farmer [WW2]
Died:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1948, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic-32-807-13.
Memorials:	Beech Forest WWI Honour Roll, Victorian Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

6 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 742, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 742, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 742, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 742, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 742, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
19 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 742, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Gassed.
28 Feb 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 742, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Second occasion. Gassed
27 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 742, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District.

World War 2 Service

14 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V382957

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Stephano Zappelli and Rose Anne Foote formerly Zappelli nee Robertson of Forrest, Victoria. Stephano was naturalised in July 1914 at the age of 59 having been born in Sonoic, Italy.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Ypringa disembarking on 15 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Stephen married Grace Pugh in Victoria. Grace died in 1932c.

Biography contributed by Ian Fox

Sapper Stephen John Zappelli served in WW1 in the 2nd Tunnelling Coy. In France 1917 he was wounded in action in a mine gas poisoning and on a second occasion gassed from a shell in 1918. After both occasions he was returned to his unit in France and then returned to Australia on 27 Aug 1919.

During WW2, following the outbreak of the Pacific war, the Government expanded the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) in February 1942. Membership was open to men aged between 18 and 60, including those working in reserved occupations. Stephen signed up for the 19th (VIC) Battalion VDC at the age of 54 years.

[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]

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