MAIS, Stephen John Leith
| Service Number: | 5459 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916, Original Service number 409, then changed to 5459 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1898 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | South Fremantle, Western Australia, 5 October 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Presbyterian Monumental EE 0659 |
| Memorials: | Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, Original Service number 409, then changed to 5459 | |
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| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5459, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5459, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 29 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5459, 44th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia on the Llanstephan Castle from England on 20.02018, disembarked on 8.4.18. Medical discharge - deficient hearing. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen Harmer
Stephen John Leith Mais was born in Melbourne in 1898. He had previous service with UT86th. Stephen enlisted on the 18.1.16 in Perth, given Service number 5459 (originally 409) and appointed a Private with the 14/28th Infantry Battalion reinforcements. He was aged 18 years, a carpenter and Presbyterian. His father was Stephen Brodie Mais, his mother Mary J B Mais and they lived in Hampton Rd, Beaconsfield. He had served an apprenticeship in Fremantle with EJ Powell, a butcher. Stephen was described as being 5 feet 8¼ inches tall, with a chest measurement of 33 – 35 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. On the 28.1.16, he was appointed to B Company of the 44th Battalion. Stephen embarked in Fremantle on the 9.8.16 on HMAT Miltiades A28. He proceeded to France on the16.11.16. On the 14.4.17 he was admitted to hospital with a fever and diagnosed with influenza. On the 20.1.17 he transferred to the 28th Battalion. On the 25.8.17 he was admitted to Permanent Base. On 23.12.17 he was examined by a medical board for an ear specialist report, then transferred to England.
He returned to Australia on the 20.2.18 on the Llanstephan Castle and disembarked on the 8.4.18. His medical discharge on the 29.5.18 noted he had deficient hearing.
He married Mary Brady in 1927 in East Fremantle. In 1937, Stephen John Mais was a carpenter in Fremantle and employed to board up the holds of a ship for bulk wheat. He had been called as a witness in the inquest of a man who had fallen into the hold of the ship. James Archibald Heron was working as a shipwright and was also called as a witness. Stephen died on the 5.10.1960 in Fremantle, aged 62 and was cremated at Fremantle Cemetery, and his ashes placed in the family grave, Presbyterian section Mon EE 0569.
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Thu 16 Dec 1937 Page 25 FALL DOWN HOLD.
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