STOPFORD, Grosvenor Francis
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | 15 December 1889, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Maclean, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Church of England Clerk in Holy Orders |
| Died: | Fretherne Record, Saul in the County of Gloucester, England, 1 March 1949, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Mrs. L. Stopford, of Armidale, has received word from her son, Mr. Grosvenor F. Stopford, who is and old Armidale boy, and who is at present in England, Where he has been studying for the Church, that he has been ordained by the Bishop of Richmond in Ripon Cathedral, after completing his studies at Durahm and Oxford Universities. Mr. Stopford has also been through a course of military training under the English Territorial system, and has accepted a commission as Lieutenant. Now that he has been ordained he will not go for service abroad, but takes up work at Bradford in Yorkshire, for the present.
Guyra Argus Thursday 01 October 1914 page 2
An Armidale boy who has seen considerable active service with the Imperial Forces in France is Captain Chaplain Grosvenor F. Stopford, who
was on furlough in England when the mail left. Captain Stopford has been at the front for 14 months.
The Armidale Chronicle Wednesday 01 August 1917 page 4