STANFIELD, John
| Service Number: | 950 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 December 1915, Warwick, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 16 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Acute pneumonia, Brisbane, Queensland, 4 January 1926, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Logan Village Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Warwick War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 950, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Warwick, Queensland | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 950, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 950, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 13 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Logan Village Museum
John and his Brother Francis are buried in the Logan Village Cemetery along with many family members. They are both listed in the book by David Mason "The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District WW1 1914-1919"
"The death has occurred of Mr. Jack Stanfield, a popular officer of the staff of the Bnsbane Magistrate's Court at the age of 28 years, from acute pneumonia. Deceased saw four years' active service on the Western Front in the Great War, enlisting in 1916 at the age of 18 years. He sailed with the original 42nd Battalion as a machine gunner and won his commission on the field before he was 20 years of age. When the machine gunners were formed into a separate battalion he went with them as a first lieutenant and stayed in France till the war ended. Returning home in June 1919. Mr. Stanfield took up his old position in the Warwick court house, but was immediately transferred to the Ipswich office where he remained until two years ago when he came to Brisbane. The funeral took place on Wednesday at Logan Village, where deceased spent his early boyhood. Amongst the many floral tributes was one from his old comrades in arms, the 42nd Battalion." - from the Brisbane Courier 08 Jan 1926 (nla.gov.au)
Interestingly both brothers died din 1926.
Submitted 7 March 2023 by Coralyn Cowin
Biography
Son of Alfred Stanfield & Ellen Keating
"The death has occurred of Mr. Jack Stanfield, a popular officer of the staff of the Bnsbane Magistrate's Court at the age of 28 years, from acute pneumonia. Deceased saw four years' active service on the Western Front in the Great War, enlisting in 1916 at the age of 18 years. He sailed with the original 42nd Battalion as a machine gunner and won his commission on the field before he was 20 years of age. When the machine gunners were formed into a separate battalion he went with them as a first lieutenant and stayed in France till the war ended. Returning home in June 1919. Mr. Stanfield took up his old position in the Warwick court house, but was immediately transferred to the Ipswich office where he remained until two years ago when he came to Brisbane. The funeral took place on Wednesday at Logan Village, where deceased spent his early boyhood. Amongst the many floral tributes was one from his old comrades in arms, the 42nd Battalion." - from the Brisbane Courier 08 Jan 1926 (nla.gov.au)
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