STONE, Henry John
| Service Number: | 301 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bridgewater, Somerset, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | complications of Bronchitis. , Keswick Military Hospital, South Australia, 25 February 1920, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Payneham Cemetery Southern Extension Path 27 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, From Adelaide aboard HMAT A2 Geelong | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 301, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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This is my grandfather, my mother's father.
He was born in Bridgewater, Somerset, in August 1888,
Served two years in the Light Infantry, Territorial Force, England; transferred to Army Service Corps, Territorial Force (4 years); emigrated from England on 'Orontes' on 15 March 1912 and was described as 'farm labourer'.
He enlisted on 28 June 1915 at Keswick, given the regimental number 301 and appointed to B Coy, 32nd Battalion.
Promoted to Corporal 24/7/1916. (Editors note - this was immediately after the catastophic attack at Fromelles during which the 32nd Battalion suffered nearly 70% casualties)
RTA with chronic bronchitis on 'Nestor' and disembarked to 4MD. He was discharged 'medically unfit' on 29 October 1917.
After discharge he and his family lived at St Peters. He was unable to work because of his medical condition.
He died aged 32 in Keswick Repat hospital of complications of bronchitis. (gassing??)
Buried in an unmarked grave until 1995 when I had his death declared due to war service, and War Graves stepped in and provided a suitable memorial for his grave. I was then able to show his eldest child, my aunt, where he was buried, and we had a small service there to mark his life.
Interestingly, in 1920, my grandmother Henry's wife suffered the death of her husband in the beginning of the year, then discovered she was pregnant with my mother, then her 2-year-old son Ernie, born 1918, died of influenza in (Aug/Sept?) and my mother born in October. Talk about a bad year! There were also two older children, born in 1914 (Aunty Glad) and young Henry (Uncle Bill) in 1916.
Lyn Fisher
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