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STAPLETON, James Eden
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1769 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quaama, NSW, 28 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Quaama, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Quaama Public School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Plaque, Eden's original burial record was not kept and his final resting place has been lost to time., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cobargo & District Soldiers War Memorial, Quaama - Verona - Upper Broga War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1769, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1769, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1769, 20th Infantry Battalion, Eden embarked on H.MA.T Kanowna from Sydney but only made it as far as Adelaide and was disembarked on the 25th July with a number of other service men suffering with the measles. | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1769, 20th Infantry Battalion, After receiving treatment in Adelaide and convalescing with a trip back home to Quaama, Eden made his second attempt to join the war. He embarked from Sydney on H.M.A.T Euripides. In a sad twist of fate this is the ship that would bring his personal affects back to his family after being Killed in Action. | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 1769, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1769 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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