STOCK, Alexander
| Service Numbers: | 503, 158 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914, (under name of Thomas Willliams) |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Muntham Parish, Sandford, Victoria, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Portland, Victoria, 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Carapook State School Roll of Honour, Sandford War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 503, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 158, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), (under name of Thomas Willliams) | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 158, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Father John STOCK and Mother Christina Stock (nee McLENNAN)
living at lived at Carapook & Sandford
Alexander was the 9th of 12 children.
NOK in service:-
Eldest sibling - Sister - Elizabeth Esther STOCK b. 1858 Hotspur, VIC - d.1899, Ballarat,VIC
m. Edward RICHARDS, (b.1862, Ballarat, VIC - d. 1942, Melbourne, VIC)
Nephew: Edward John 'Jack' RICHARDS, b. 1885, Tyrendarra, VIC
#286 - WW1, 1st AIF, 11th Battalion, Gallipoli
2nd Lieutenant - WW1 4th Sqaudron, AFC, France
later a Journalist
Nephew: Leslie James RICHARDS, b. 1892, Sandford, VIC - d. 1969, Armadale, VIC
#83 WW1, 1st AIF, - Sergeant in 10th Light Horse Regiment
20/10/1914 enlisted
6/7/1919 returned to Australia
Memorial: Carapook WW1 Honour Roll
Sister: Margaret Ann "Maggie STOCK
born in 1863 Digby, Victoria
WW1 1st AIF, Nurse
1930 died in Geelong, Victoria
Memorial: Carapook Honour Roll
Brother: Duncan STOCK
born in 1864, Hotspur, S-W Victoria
lived with parents and family at Hotspur, Carapook & Sandford
1899 Boer War - service #84.
Trooper in 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles (1st Contingent)
2/6/1916 enlisted into WWI - service # 2842.
Trooper in 8th Light Horse Regiment
11/9/1917 wounded in action, Palestine
3/7/1919 returned to Australia
1949 died in Casteron, Victoria
Memorial: Casterton Boer War Memorial
Brother: Thomas STOCK
born in 1876, Sandford, S-W Victoria
lived with parents and family at Carapook & Sandford
1899 Boer War - Service #89
Trooper in 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles (1st Contingent)
9/2/1900 killed in action - Battle of Rensburg, South Africa
Memorial: Cypress Tree at Casterton Hospital gates.
Casterton Boer War Memorial
Alexander STOCK was born in 1870, Muntham parish, Sandford, S-W Victoria,
lived at Carapook, Sandford, Western Australia & Portland, Vic.
1899 Boer War - Service #503
Described on enlisting as 5' 4.5" tall; blue eyes; grey hair; fair complexion
16/1/1902 Trooper in 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (VIV) Contingent
Service #158 - Private with 16th Battalion
12/9/1914 enlisted in WWI (as Thomas WILLIAMS)
25/4/1915 landed in ANZAC
21/7/1918 returned to Australia
1947 died in Portland, Victoria
Memorials: - Carapook Honour Roll
- Casterton Town Hall WW1 Honour Roll
- Muntham WW1 Honour Roll
- Sandford War Memorial
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 24/7/2016. Lest we forget.