STOCKLEY, Louis James
| Service Number: | 11404 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, 9 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cleveland Street Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Proof reader |
| Died: | Natural causes, New South Wales, 1986 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11404, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 11404, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 11404, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 25 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 11404, 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Louis was the second son of the Colin John Stockley of Abercrombie Street, Redfern, Sydney, NSW and was one of three sons on active service. He was born in Darlington in 1894, and educated at Cleveland Street Superior School. He joined the reading staff of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1914.
Enlisting on October 25, 1915, he went as a Gunner with the 14th reinforcements for the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, and subsequently attained the rank of Bombadier. He arrived in France on March 27, 1916, and ws in a number of engagements on the Somme and in the Ypres sector. He was wounded a Zillebeke on September 1, 1917. Rejoining his battery on November 5, he remained with it till the end of hostilities.
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