VON STIEGLITZ (THOMSON), Aubrey Frederick
| Service Number: | 1643 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, 24 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Natural causes (sudden), Brisbane, Queensland, 11 December 1948, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Bravery Deeds, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1643, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 25 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 1643, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
| 25 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1643, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1643, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1643, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (shoulder) | |
| 14 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1643, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , 2nd occasion - GSW (legs) | |
| 4 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1643, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
QLD BDM records name at birth: Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf Von STIEGLITZ, son of Edgar Boyne von Stieglitz and Eleanor Beatrice Thomson
QLD BDM records name at death: Aubrey Frederick THOMSON
"06 Dec 1917 - By sworn declaration renounces name of Von Stegltz A. F. and assumes the name of THOMSON, Aubrey Frederick" - Service Record p. 6
"Gunner A.F. von Steglitz reported wounded while a member of the 3rd F.A. Brigade is an old Toowoomba boy and was educated at the Toowoomba Grammar School. He held an honourable position at the school being a prefect, a Chelmsford Cup competitor, and the senior cadet officer. He left the school at the age of 18 and entered the Public Service, and was for two years a draftsman. Subsequently he learnt the surveying branch of the work, and had finished his field work, and was ready to go up for his final examination when war broke out. He was one of the first Queenslanders to volunteer, and gave up a good position to do so. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. von Steglitz, for many years of Toowoomba, but now resident at Lucinda-street, Taringa. A cablegram since received from Cairo states that Gunner von Steglitz is getting on well." - from the Brisbane Courier 01 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)
"SUDDEN DEATH OF SURVEYOR
Mr. Aubrey Frederick Thomson, of Collins Street, Clayfield, a surveyor employed by the Brisbane City Council, collapsed and died suddenly at the week-end. The funeral was held this morning. Mr. Thomson was a member of the Hendra Bowling Club." - from the Brisbane Telegraph 13 Dec 1948 (nla.gov.au)
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