STEPHEN, George Thomas
| Service Number: | 129 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 31 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor in Sydney |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 129, 1st Field Ambulance, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 129, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 129, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 129 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
George Thomas STEPHEN (Service Number 129) was born in Albert Park, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, on 31st March 1890. He was one of three brothers who enlisted in the AIF. According to his mother, his father deserted the family in about 1907 and was not seen or heard of since. George joined the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor in June 1911, at first as a casual. He was made permanent in April 1912. In September 1914 he was employed at the depot at Rushcutter’s Bay when he was released from duty, to enlist in Sydney.
He was allotted to the 1st Field Ambulance. He was embarked from Sydney for the Middle East in October 1914. From Egypt, he was sent to Gallipoli in July 1915. He was hospitalised in Mudros 9on the Greek island of Lemnos) in November for three weeks. He returned to Egypt in January 1916. In March, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion, promoted to Corporal, and sent to France. He spent his first three weeks there being treated for illness in various hospitals and was discharged to a camp for reinforcements in mid-June.
In mid-July he was sent to join his unit. On 18th August 1916 was killed in action at Mouquet Farm. He was originally buried with two other soldiers in an isolated grave ½ mile NW of Pozières and 3½ miles NE of Albert. His remains were exhumed after the war and re-interred in Courcelette British Military Cemetery, five miles NE of Albert.
A war pension was granted to his mother.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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