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STEENSON, James Carfrae
Personal Details
Service Number: | 611 |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Leichhardt,New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tailor |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row E, Grave 28 Chaplain McKenzie officiated, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackheath Memorial Arch, Leichhardt War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 611, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 611, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 611, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Residential address at the time of enlistment was 82 Catherine Street, Leichhardt, NSW
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Steenson of Paradise Hill, Blackheath, NSW. Brother of Isabelle Steenson and Agnes A. Steenson
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal