George STEVENSON

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Service Number:	406
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Oxford, England, United Kingdom, 1880
Home Town:	Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	St Barnbas School, Oxford, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 May 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row F, Grave 3 Chaplain R.H. Richards officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 406, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 406, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 406, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
28 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
20 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 406, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 406 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-20

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Next of kin given as his sister Florence Owen of 14 St Dunstans Road, London, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal