BETTS, Stephen Charles
| Service Number: | 5298 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Vic., 1890 |
| Home Town: | Numurkah, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mundoona State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Brodseinde, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Numurkah Baulkamaugh Roll of Honour, Numurkah Saluting Their Service Mural, Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah and District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5298, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5298, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5298, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Betts, Kaarimba PO, Kaarimba, Victoria
BETTS.— In sad and loving memory of our dear son Private Stephen Charles Betts (Steve) B Company, 24th Battalion, who was killed by sniper at Brodseinde, on 4th October,
1917.
He sleeps beside his comrades,
In a hallowed grave unknown,
But his name is written in letters
of love
In the hearts he left at home.
We pictured you safe returning,
Steve,
We longed to clasp your hand;
But God has postponed that
meeting
Till we meet in a better land.
Could I, his mother, have clasped
his hand,
The son I loved so well;
To kiss his brow when death was
near,
And whisper, dear Steve, fare-
well.
— Inserted by his loving father and mother, brothers and sisters.
T. and E. Betts, G. and O. McClure, R. and I Kilpatrick, Walter and Leslie.
T. and E. Betts, Kaarimba.
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