MARSHALL, Stephen Francis
| Service Number: | 3834 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 30 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 September 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, New Farm State School War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3834, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3834, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3834, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3834, 49th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3834 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Thomas Budd Alexander Skyring Marshall and Ida May Williams
"MARSHALL and LARSEN. — On 1st September, 1916, Stephen Francis, eldest son of M. Marshall, Brunswick street, New Farm, killed in action at Mouquet Farm, aged 19½ years. Also William Lars Larsen, foster son, died of wounds, 28th September, 1917, received at Polygon Wood, aged 20 years. Sadly missed.
Inserted by their affectionate mother and brothers, Tom, Charlie, (Fred and George, on active service).
Friends may think I have forgotten,
When at times they see me smile;
But they do not know the sorrow
That a mother's smile can hide. — Mother." - from the Brisbane Telegraph 01 Sep 1919 (nla.gov.au)
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