ISAAC, Austell Stirling
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Australia, 19 February 1885 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Kalgoorlie Central State School, Way College, Senior Public Schools |
| Occupation: | Solider |
| Died: | Sudden, Western Australia, 29 December 1930, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Was Anglican NA(now ANNA 0236) |
| Memorials: | Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Thomas and Louisa Rachel ISAAC
Husband of Mrs Mary Ethel Cecelia Isaac, 42 First Avenue, East Adelaide, South Australia
MR. A. STIRLING ISAAC.
Mr. Isaac first soldiered with the G.I.R. at Kalgoorlie, where he attained R.S.M. rank. He left for the " big scrap " with the original 28th Battalion., and rose to the rank of Captain. He was wounded at Pozieres in June, 1916, and as a result his left arm had to be amputated. He continued, however, on Home Service in England until the armistice. Since his return, " Dick" has been prominent in League circles, being a Vice-President of the State Branch for the past two years.
The late Captain Stirling (Dick) Isaac who died suddenly on Tuesday, was one of the original members of 'Collett's Boys,' (the 28th Battalion) and enlisted early in the piece. He rapidly rose in the ranks and showed his ability both as a soldier, a man and an administrator. It was a saying that 'Isaac won't ask you to do what he won't do himself.' After good service he got 'winged,' and on his return to Aussie he devoted himself to work for the diggers and was a member of the H.S.L. Executive, an officer of the Perth sub-branch, the Returned Maimed and limbless Men's Association, the Freemason's Club, Royal Arch Chapter, North Perth No. 24, North Perth Lodge, No. 59, W.A.C., and the W.A. Band Contest Committee. All these were side lines to his job as a prominent member of the staff of the A.M.P. Society, Perth. The ranks of the old 28th are certainly thinning.
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