STOKES, Albert Harold
| Service Number: | 674 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Collapsed and died at the B.H.P. Steelworks, Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1927, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-126. 56. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 674, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 674, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 674, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 674, 13th Infantry Battalion, GSW to jaw | |
| 5 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 674, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
93 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 24th July 1927 (5 funerals on this day), Driver Albert Harold Stokes, 13th Battalion, miner from Northcote Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales and Howe Street, Lambton, N.S.W., father of one (Marjorie), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 38. ANGLICAN 2-126. 56.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135593087 - funeral notice does not state service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135599273 - obituary states service, with many errors of fact.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 30th May 1889 to Thomas and Mary Grierson Stokes of Howe Street, Lambton, New South Wales; husband of Rose P Stokes nee Dunn (married 1911, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., died?) and Annie Rachel F Stokes nee Dent (married 1922, New Lambton, N.S.W., died 1984, 57 years a widow and sadly, her name has not been inscribed on the headstone), Albert enlisted September 1914 at Roseberry Park, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121708902, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123410363
Wounded in action - 5.7.1917 (GSW right jaw), and admitted to hospital 20.12.1917 (sprained ankle, accidental dislocation of right toe), Mr Stokes returned home June 1918, and was discharged medically unfit 5th July 1918 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140982762.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140986626, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159091781
Albert’s name has been inscribed on the New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 13th December 1917, housed at Fort Scratchley Museum. The 3 pieces are in safe storage at Fort Scratchley. The Fort Scratchley Historical Society is hoping to get a grant from NSW Veterans’ Affairs to restore it. Photo courtesy of Ed Tonks, O.A.M.) and the Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll (unveiled on the 23rd December 1917). Name not inscribed on the Kurri Kurri War Memorial.
Tragically, Mr Stokes collapsed and died at the B.H.P. Steelworks on the Friday night of the 22nd July 1927 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124707585
Sadly, the headstone inscription gives no indication that Albert served with the 1st A.I.F. and was an Original Anzac, so I have placed poppies at the gravesite to honour his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=16430#2
Four brothers of Albert served during The Great War.
Younger brother William Robert (Reg No-3248, 56th Battalion, born 1897, died 1964) also resting at the cemetery. ANGLICAN 1-83. 28.
Younger brother Edwin Arthur (Reg No-204, 56th Battalion, born 1894, died 1967) also served 1st A.I.F. - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134871787, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123495552, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138739765, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138737432
Older brother David William (Reg No-547, 34th Battalion, born 1888, died 1951) also served 1st A.I.F.
Younger brother Archibald Allan (Reg No-2967, 4th Battalion, born 1893, died of illness (pneumonia), 20.8.1918, Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt). - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140975946, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137501416, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137500828
Lest We Forget.
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