STAPLETON, John
| Service Number: | 5441 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tremaine, Egloskerry, Cornwall, England., 6 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Delungra, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Warbstow Council School, Cornwall, England. |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5441, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5441, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5441, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5441, 55th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5441 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1888 STAPLETON John Launceston 5c 15
John was born on the 6th of December 1888 to Jessie Ann Stapleton at Tremaine, Egloskerry. Jessie married Richard Joseph Sleeman in 1891 who then brought John up living at St. Janson, Warbstow. Richard was a Mason. On leaving school John worked for Mr William Gee at East Roose Farm, Otterham as a waggoner. In March of 1913, John set sail for Australia aboard the ‘Themistocles’ arriving in Melbourne. He then travelled to Sydney in September. Setting up residence at Delungra near Inverell, New South Wales, he worked as an Agricultural Labourer. In December of 1915, John enlisted with the Australian Infantry (Service No. 5541) serving with the 55th Battalion as a Lance Corporal. He was killed on the first day of action at Polygon Wood, France on September 26th,1917, aged 28.
The Battle of Polygon Wood took place during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in World War I and was fought near Ypres in Belgium September 26th (the day of John’s death) –October 3rd, 1917, in the area from the Menin Road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St Julien.
He is commemorated on the Warbstow War Memorial.
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