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STOKES, William Henry Thomas
| Service Numbers: | 3642, 3625 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Salter Springs, South Australia, 26 February 1874 |
| Home Town: | Salters Springs, Wakefield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener/Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Payneham, SA, 5 September 1961, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Payneham Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Payneham District Council Roll of Honor, St Peters Heroes of the Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3642, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3625, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3625, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
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Born on the twenty sixth of February in the year 1874 in the town of Salter Springs in South Australia, William Henry Thomas Stokes (son of Thomas and Jane Stokes, Husband of Elizabeth Sims and Father of Vera, Ethel, Victor and Mavis Stokes) was a 42 year old gardener/labourer and a soldier who served in World War One. William first embarked on the twelfth of August in the year 1916 from Adelaide aboard the HMAT Ballarat A70 and served in the 32nd infantry battalion as a Private. He served in the field for about six weeks in early 1917 before becoming ill. William Henry Thomas Stokes was discharged on the twenty sixth of November in the year 1917 due to the fact that he had grown medically unfit for battle (not due to misconduct). Before his discharge, William had one year and one hundred and ninety five days of service in total under his belt. On the fifth of September in the year 1961, William Henry Thomas Stokes, aged 87 years, died due to natural causes in Payneham in South Australia.
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