Gerald Cunliffe STONES

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STONES, Gerald Cunliffe

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	21 May 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, 31 July 1879
Home Town:	Tresco, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Derby Grammar School & Derby Municipal Technical College, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 30 May 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Grave F. 32. Inscription- LIFE'S DUTY DONE GRANT HIM LORD ETERNAL REST
Memorials:	Swan Hill War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne
18 Apr 1916:	Involvement 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: ''
18 Apr 1916:	Embarked 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Melbourne
30 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Light Horse att Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-30
30 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Attached to Australian Flying Corps
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gerald Cunliffe STONES was born in Wisbeth, Cambridgeshire, England on 31st July, 1879

His parents were Thomas STONES & Maria Yelverton DANBARN who married on 8th January, 1874 in Myrtle Chapel in Liverpool, UK

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Sep 1879 Stones Gerald Cunliffe Wisbeach 3b 592

Son of Thomas and Maria Y. Stones, of Wisbech.

Pilot with 67 Squadron. Australian Flying Corps. at Rafah, Egypt. Killed in action whilst flying a BE. 2c, with observer Second Lieutenant. Joseph Anthony Morgan (aged 19, from Soho, London) shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Gaza, during artillery observation flight.

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