William Henry STALLARD

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STALLARD, William Henry

Service Numbers:	7574, 7874
Enlisted:	23 April 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Corps Working Party
Born:	Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1898
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cooks Hill Superior Public School, Merewether, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Railway cleaner
Died:	Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 26 August 1924, aged 25 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) I SW. 13.
Memorials:	Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Merewether Glebe Methodist Church Great War Honor Roll, Merewether Public School Roll of Honour, Newcastle Stallard Family Pictorial Roll of Honour

23 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7574, 1st Infantry Battalion
10 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 7574, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 7574, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
10 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7574, 1st Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Gassed
26 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps Working Party
23 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7874, Australian Corps Working Party

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

‎From Gary Mitchell‎ to Australia and New Zealand in WWI

Private William Henry Stallard

A forgotten digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
95 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 26th August 1924, Private William Henry Stallard, Australian Corps Working Party, railway cleaner from Railway Street, Glebe, Newcastle, New South Wales and 108 Gosford Road, Adamstown, N.S.W., father of one, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 25. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) I SW.13.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137632475
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 15th September 1898 to Frederick and Mary J Stallard; husband of Doris I Stallard nee Onslow (married 1921, died?), William enlisted April 1917 with the 1st Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action on the 10th August 1918 (gassed), William returned home invalided and for being under-age February 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140980379
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139656479
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162583283
William’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Merewether (Glebe) Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates and the Stallard Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled date unknown). Name not inscribed on the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.

There is no headstone for Mr Stallard to tell us he served King and Country, and probably died an early death because of it, so I have placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=411311#grave-photo-1

Lest We Forget.

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