HAINES, Stephen James
| Service Number: | 2805 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1915, Enlisted at Dimboola, Victoria in the 9/7 Reinforcements as per Service Records. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, 8 November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Nhill, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 10 December 1968, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dimboola Cemetery, Dimboola, Victoria Location: Old Area, Section H, Plot 848. |
| Memorials: | Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll, Gerang Residents of Gerang and District Great European War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2805, Reinforcements WW1, Enlisted at Dimboola, Victoria in the 9/7 Reinforcements as per Service Records. | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2805, Reinforcements WW1, Embarked Melbourne bound for England. Disembarked England October 1915. | |
| 4 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2805, Reinforcements WW1, Embarked Alexandria, Middle East & Disembarked at Moudros, Greece 6th December 1915. | |
| 9 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Alexandria, Middle East & Disembarked at Marseilles, France 17th May 1916. Transferred to the 7th Battalion at Etaples 20th May 1916. | |
| 29 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to 8th General Hospital, Rouen, 29 May 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin: trench fever); transferred to England, 9 June 1917, and admitted to Reading War Hospital, 10 June 1917 | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, 4 October 1917 (shrapnel wound, left thigh: severe), and admitted to 64th Field Ambulance; transferred to 14th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 5 October 1917; to England, 13 October 1917, and admitted to County of Middlesex War Hospital, Epsom; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 19 November 1917 | |
| 7 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to 2nd Australian field Ambulance, 17 November 1918 (adenitis); transferred to 12th Casualty Clearing Station, 19 November 1918 (injured groin); to Ambulance Train No 29, 24 November 1918, and admitted to 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 26 november 1918; transferred to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 2 December 1918; to Base Depot, Havre, 5 December 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 3 January 1919. | |
| 28 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Southampton, England Aboard "City of Poona" Bound for Melbourne, Australia. Disembarked at Melbourne 14th May 1919. | |
| 6 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2805, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged from the AIF as Private 2805. Last Active Posting was 7th Battalion. |
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Stephen James Haines was born on the 8th of November 1887 in Tea Tree Gully, South Australia. He moved to Nhill, Victoria. Before the war, he worked as a farmer.
Stephen James Haines enlisted on the 22nd of June 1915 in Dimboola, Victoria. He was involved with the 7th Infantry Battalion. He embarked on the HMAT Star of Victoria in September and disembarked in Egypt. He spent a short time at Gallipoli before the evacuation. He returned to Egypt for further training and then fought in the Middle East until he was sent to France in May 1916.
Stephen became ill in France in November 1917 and was set to hospital, firstly in France, and then England. He was diagnosed with Trench fever. He returned to the Western Front in September and only a few weeks later was wounded in action in Belgium with sharpnel wounds to his legs. After initial treatment he was returned to England for further treatment. He then was transferred to base for lighter duties to recover. He proceeded overseas to France in February 1918 and rejoined the 7th infantry battalion in France. In September he was detached from his unit to join the harvesting party for 3 weeks. He became sick again in November, this time with adenitis. He was then admitted to hospital in France and diagnosed with an injured groin. He was discharged to base
He then returned to Australia on the City of Poona disembarking in May 1919and was discharged 6 July 1919.
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