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STAPLEDON, Allan Teesdale
| Service Numbers: | 1908, 1908b |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Unley Park, South Australia, Australia, 5 February 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk and Gold prospector |
| Died: | Woodville, South Australia, Australia, 26 August 1958, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia Anglican, Row N, Site Number 27 |
| Memorials: | Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1908, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1908, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1908b, 34th Infantry Battalion |
Private Alan Teasdale Stapledon
Private Alan Teasdale Stapledon was born on 5 February 1884 in Unley Park, South Australia, to Henry Stapledon and Sarah Hannah Lewis. He grew up in South Australia and later moved to Western Australia as a young adult. Alan enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 27 March 1916 at age 32, working as a gold prospector and listing his mother, Sarah, as his next of kin. He embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Miltiades on 9 August 1916 with the 44th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, later transferring to the 34th Battalion on the Western Front. Due to medical reasons, his service ended on 4 May 1917 when he returned to Australia. Alan's dedicated service is commemorated with an AIF badge on his headstone at Enfield Memorial Park, and his name is honoured at St Margaret's Anglican Church in Woodville.
By Trevor Pyatt
Submitted 19 July 2025 by Trevor Pyatt