BRISTOL, Donald Stephen Shubert
| Service Number: | 281 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Kaarimba, Victoria, Australia, 3 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Katunga, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France VI. C. 19, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Numurkah Saluting Their Service Mural, Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah WW1 Honour Roll, Numurkah and District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 281, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 281, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 281, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 5 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Promoted Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
| 29 May 1918: | Promoted Sergeant, 2nd Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles H. and Eliza Arm Bristol, of Katunga, Victoria, Australia.
ONE OF THE BEST A SOLDIER AND A MAN THY WILL BE DONE
Shubert was killed in the advance on St Martins Wood on the morning of 23rd August 1918. The attack was made by two divisions south of the Somme; the 32nd British and 1st Australian Division. The Australians were charged with the heaviest task – to advance 3000 yards on a front of 5000, seizing the valley woods and the edge of the plateau outside Foucacourt and Herleville. The main Australian attack was by the 1st and 2nd Brigades, each assisted by a dozen Mark V tanks and several carrier tanks.
Private Crawford gave the following report, which seems to be the most reliable:
“We were going up to the objective and came to a little clump where there was a Fritz machine gun. To get by we went in single file and Sgt Bristol led the way. He went down into a gully, and when we got there, we found him unconscious and wounded in the left temple. I took off his belongings and handed them to Corporal Cole who was to take him to the dressing station”.
Far Away From All Who Loved Him In A Hero's Grave He Lies
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