GRACE, Stephen
| Service Number: | 2575 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goroke, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Leonora, Leonora, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Goroke State School and Kookynie State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leonora Honour Roll, Leonora Road Board District Roll of Honor, Leonora Sons of Gwalia Honour Board, Leonora War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2575, 44th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2575, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2575, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Michael and Catherine GRACE, Gwalia, Western Australia
Goroke Gatherings
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Mr Thos Grace of 'Crolans'', Goroke, has received word that his nephew, Private Stephen Grace, has been killed in action somewhere in France. Private Grace, who was educated at the Goroke State School, possessed a sterling character, and showed exceptional promise. Prior to enlisting, he was conducting a successful business at Leonora, WA , and on joining the A.I.F, left his two
brothers to look after the business while he was serving his country.
Having enlisted in August, 1915, Private Grace left Perth in December, 1915, with the 5th reinforcements of the 44th battalion, and went through some heavy fighting in France. His brother was killed in France just two years ago. He is the fifth nephew of Mr T Grace to pay the supreme sacrifice in the great struggle, eight in all having enlisted, a record of thorough patriotism certainly for one to feel proud of. The three others are still doing their bit in France. The six sons of Mr J Grace, of Birchip, a brother of Mr T. Grace, enlisted at the beginning of the war, three having given their lives at Lonesome Pine in August, 1915. Private Stephen Grace was the son of Mr M. Grace, who lived at Goroke some years ago, and was 25 years of age.
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