Gerhard Robert STOCKFELD

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STOCKFELD, Gerhard Robert

Service Number:	918
Enlisted:	6 February 1915, Shepparton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, November 1896
Home Town:	Blackburn, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackburn Memorial, Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial, Camberwell War Memorial, Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW1 Roll of Honour, Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

6 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 918, Shepparton, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 918, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 918, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
27 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 918, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW (left shoulder)
31 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 59th Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 59th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, 2nd occasion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gerhard Robert STOCKFELD was born in Hawthorn, Victoria in 1896

His parents were Robert Hermann STOCKFELD & Marion Alice BUTCHER

His brother Frederick Harry STOCKFELD (SN 27582) also lost his life in WW1 & died on 20th September, 1917

A younger brother Alan Hector STOCKFELD (SN VX10626) served in the Army in WW2 and was discharged in 1945

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