Leonard Ralph STEPHENS MC

STEPHENS, Leonard Ralph

    Service Number: 15
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mount Torrens, South Australia, 31 August 1894
    Home Town: Birdwood (formerly Blumberg), Adelaide Hills, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butter maker/Vigneron
    Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 16 May 1925, aged 30 years
    Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery, S.A.
    Lower W19
    Memorials: A.W.Sandford & Co. Ltd., Birdwood Blumberg Roll of Honor, Birdwood WW1 & WW2 Soldier's Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15, Adelaide, South Australia
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 15, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 15, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
    4 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 15, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    1 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion
    27 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion
    5 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography

    "STEPHENS.— On the 16th May, at the Adelaide Hospital, Leonard Ralph (late Lieut. M.C., 10th Batt. A.I.F.), beloved husband of Clarice Marguerite Stephens, of Reynella, and brother of Gerald, Vic, Guy. and Clem Stephens, and Mrs. C. B. Suanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Stephens, of Birdwood." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 18 May 1925 (nla.gov.au)
     

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