John Leslie STAGG

STAGG, John Leslie

Service Number: 470
Enlisted: 20 August 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Flemington, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Moe, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Engine Driver
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Moe War Memorial, Moe War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 470, 7th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 470, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 470, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mary Stagg, of Moe, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, and the late Thomas Stagg.

Private J.L. Stagg is the son of Mrs Stagg of Moe.  He spent his 24th birthday in Egypt, and was wounded with the landing party at the Dardanelles.  He was C.R. in the Moe Rechabite lodge, and had filled the respective chairs in the local lodge of Oddfellows, M.U.