Francis Henry (Frank) STEPHENSON

STEPHENSON, Francis Henry

    Service Number: 14421
    Enlisted: 16 May 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Belfast, Ireland, 1877
    Home Town: King Island, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Richmond, Vistoria, Australia, 29 March 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Memorial ID 244390619
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    World War 1 Service

    16 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 14421, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station
    20 Jun 1916: Involvement 14421, Motor Drivers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    20 Jun 1916: Embarked 14421, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    20 Jun 1916: Embarked 14421, Motor Drivers, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    20 Jun 1916: Involvement 14421, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    9 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 14421, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, France.
    26 Apr 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 14421, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, From England to Australia, arrived on 28 June 1919.
    14 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 14421, 3rd Pioneer Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Barker Gary

    F.H. Stephenson was a well respected businessman and member of the King Island community. His Service Record indicates that he donated an ambulance to the AIF, on enlistment in Tasmania. The Army transported the motor vehicle to the mainland and then England, with Stephenson assigned as its driver. 

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