Joseph Henry STEVENSON

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STEVENSON, Joseph Henry

Service Number:	2258
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moglonemby, Victoria, Australia, January 1886
Home Town:	Violet Town, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Boho State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Fallen of Euroa District Honour Roll, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Violet Town 'Unknown' WW1 Honour Roll, Violet Town Honour Roll WW1

World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2258, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2258, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2258, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2258, 21st Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages

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Biography contributed by Elsa Reuter

STEVENSON Joseph Henry 2258 PTE
21st Battalion
1886-1917

Joe and his younger brother Jack enlisted together on 14 July 1915, just as their elder brothers, Jim and Bill had done a little over a year before. Joe was 29 and Jack was two years younger.

They were both drafted into the 21st Battalion, 4th reinforcements. In September, after preliminary training at Broadmeadows camp they embarked on HMAT Hororata for Alexandria; thence to Tel-el-Kebir for operations against the Turks, defending the Suez Canal.

On 19 March 1916 they embarked on SS Minnewaska bound for Marseilles from where they entrained to northern France. In July and August they were engaged in carrying duties at Pozieres. They remained at the Front near Ypres from September until the advance on Bapaume in March 1917.

On 20 March, not far from Bapaume, Joe was killed.

He is buried at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Cemetery.

A Memorial Scroll and Plaque were sent to his father in 1921

Service Medals: 1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

Memorials: Main Honour Board, Memorial Hall, Violet Town
Boho Honour Board
Boho State School Honour Board
Copper Plaque affixed to exterior wall, Memorial Hall, Violet Town

Tree No 45 was planted in 1917 by Joe’s brother Seth Stevenson.

In 2013 a Ceratonia siliqua - Carob Tree - was planted by members of the Stevenson family.

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