LADE, Stephen
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Broadford, Victoria, Australia, 22 December 1882 |
| Home Town: | Broadford, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Glenburnie State School, via Broadford, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Broadford Methodist Church Great European War Roll of Honor, Broadford War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement 13th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
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Parents: Henry Vincent and Mary Ann Lade, Broadford, Victoria
Other details
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 24 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 1st Anzac Army Corps Light Horse Regiment, 7 July 1916.
Promoted Lieutenant, 23 July 1916.
Name brought to the attention of Corps Commander during recent operations, who wished to express his appreciation of his gallant conduct, 8 May 1917: promulgated in Military Order No 353, 18 August 1917.
Wounded in action (gun shot wound, left leg and right arm amputated); admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 25 September 1917.
Died of wounds, 25 September 1917.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources
NAA: B2455, LADE Stephen
Monday 15 October 1917
LADE.- A tribute of esteem to the memory of Sergeant Stephen Lade, of Broadford, officially reported as having died of wounds, September 25. -(Inserted by W.T.R.C., J.C., and family.)
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