STOKES, John Henry
| Service Number: | 3673 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Greta, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bolwarra Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Branxton, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Branxton General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Row D, Plot 83 |
| Memorials: | Branxton Memorial Rotunda |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3673, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3673, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3673, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 5 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3673, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW Leg, slight | |
| 27 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3673, 18th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A cross was placed today at the unmarked grave of Private John Henry Stokes, 18th Battalion (Reg No-3673), farmer from East Branxton, New South Wales, laid to rest at Branxton Catholic Cemetery (old section), Station Street, Branxton, N.S.W. Row D, Plot 83, on the 2nd July 1939, age 65.
Wounded in action - 4.8.1916 (GSW leg, slight).
Admitted to hospital 23.12.1917 (diarrhoea), 5.2.1918 (diphtheria), 24.2.1918 (scabies), 7.3.1918 (not stated), 24.3.1918 (trench fever, slight).
John returned home August 1918, being discharged medically unfit (myalgia) on the 27th August 1918.
Mr. Stokes’s name has been inscribed on the Branxton Memorial Rotunda and the Bolwarra Public School Roll of Honour.
Many thanks for the notification and attendance of Helen Scott and husband, Piper Joe Royston and Branxton RSL sub-Branch member Cath Harvey.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at the gravesite to restore Honour and Dignity to this 1st A.I.F. Digger.
Lest We Forget.
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