STEPHENS, Thomas John
| Service Number: | 1758 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Polisher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 7 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 4, Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1758, 58th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1758, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1758, 57th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1758 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother, 3951 Pte. George Stephens 5th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Pozieres 13 days later, on 20 August 1916. Age 20.
Inglewood Advertiser 17 November 1916.
The following letter has been received relative to the death in action in France of Pte. Tom Stephens, a son of the late Mr. Arron Stephens, who at one time resided at Hope Creek and who was well known throughout that district. The deceased soldier was also a nephew of Mrs. Knoblock, of Powlett road:—"France, August 7th, 1915. Dear Madam,—Please accept my deepest sympathy with you and yours in the recent sad bereavement which you have been called upon to undergo. Your son was killed this morning by a sniper. He died a hero's death in the performance of his duty. Death, you will be relieved to hear, was instantaneous, and he suffered no lingering pain. I buried him this afternoon in the little military cemetery behind firing line. Shells were bursting overhead, both on our own and the enemy's, and so he was laid to rest till the resurrection morn, as he himself would wish —had he made a choice—surrounded by numerous of his mates who have, like himself, laid down their lives for country and friends….” Chaplain Gordon W.B. Scott.
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