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STEVENS, George Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1996 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1916, Place of enlistment - Show Ground Camp, Sydney New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Riah River, near Eden, Victoria, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Wangrabelle, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds received in action, Belgium, 18 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot VI, Row C, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "THE DEARLY BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. STEVENS OF WANGRABELL AGE 19.", Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1996, Place of enlistment - Show Ground Camp, Sydney New South Wales | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1996, Embarked on RMS Osterley from Sydney on 10th February 1917, disembarking Plymouth, England on 11th April 1917. | |
| 27 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 63rd Infantry Battalion, Proceeded to France from Southampton | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 36th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, fracture and gunshot wound to left leg, subsequently dying from these wounds on 18th October 1917. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Born Riah River, near Eden, Victoria. Son of William and Rose Ada STEVENS, of Wangrabell, Genoa, Victoria, Australia.