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STUBBINGS, William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 414, 414A |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Laceys Creek, Queensland, Australia, 17 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Petrie, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dayboro Showgrounds War Memorial, Dayboro War Memorial, Dayboro World War One Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 414, 13th Machine Gun Company, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 414, 13th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 414, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 414A, 25th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 414A awm_unit: 25th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
William's parents were Moses Stubbings and Sarah Ann Strain. Both were pioneering families of the district. William's father, Moses first selected land at Laceys Creek in 1879, he was described in his obituary as a pioneer of the Dayboro district and life member of the Q.A.T.B. William enlisted 10 May 1916 in Brisbane. His parents owned a farm at Laceys Creek and William is on the electoral roll as a farmer at Laceys Creek at the time of enlisting. He was killed in action 25 September 1917, previously reported missing.