Edmund Hall STEVENS

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STEVENS, Edmund Hall

Service Number:	51453
Enlisted:	5 January 1918, Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1898
Home Town:	Sebastopol, Ballarat North, Victoria
Schooling:	Sebastopol State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sebastopol Holy Trinity Church Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51453, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Ballarat, Vic.
1 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 51453, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
1 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 51453, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
3 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 22nd Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK
26 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 22nd Battalion in the field France
3 Oct 1918:	Involvement Private, 51453, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 51453 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-03
3 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 51453, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain, Killed in Action France

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles Prujean and Mary Ann STEVENS, Bridge Street, Sebastopol, Victoria

Edmund Hall Stevens (SN 51453) was born in Sebastopol and attended the Sebastopol State School. He was a 19-year-old, single, Grocer when he enlisted in Ballarat on 27th March 1918. Edmund was allocated to the 2nd General Service Reinforcements at Broadmeadows Camp on 20 Apr 1918. He was posted to the 22nd Infantry Battalion and embarked from Sydney on 1st May. On 3rd October 1918 he was killed in action in Estrees village, and buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, France.

Advice was received yesterday by Mr C. Stevens, Bridge street, Sebastopol, from the Defence Department, through the Rev. A. Francis that his son, Pte E. H. Stevens had been hilled in action in France on 3rd October. The last letters received by his parents from Pte Stevens stated that he was concluding his training at Fovar Camp, Wiltshire, England. He was in the 22nd Battalion. The first intimation that he had been in the fighting line was the news that he had been killed in action. The deceased soldier was born at Sebastopol, and received his education at the local State school. When he enlisted he was in the employ of Mr McAllester, grocer, of Victoria street, Ballarat. He was a member of the Prince Alfred Lodge, M.U.I.O.O.F.

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