Stephen MCNAMARA

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MCNAMARA, Stephen

Service Number:	2376
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cudlee Creek, South Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Eastwood, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Gumeracha Public School
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 7 August 1916
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2376, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2376, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
7 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2376, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2376 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07

Newspaper article on Stephen's death, mentions nephew Private Frank Keith Aitkin

The following was in the Adelaide newspaper: Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Sat 7 Oct 1916, Page 44, THE LATE PRIVATE S. McNAMARA.
"WW1 THE LATE PRIVATE S. McNAMARA.7/8/1916
Miss A. J. McNamara of John-Street, Eastwood, has been notified of the death of her brother, Private Stephen McNamara, who was killed in France on August 7th 1916; Private McNamara was the second son of the late 'Mr. and Mrs. S. McNamara, of Cudlee Creek, Gumeracha. Educated at the Public School, Gumeracha, he was later employed in the Government service, and he was well known in the Burnside, Ardrossan, and Summer town districts. His nephew, Signaller Frank Keith Aitken, of Sydney, was killed on Gallipoli on August 7th, 1915, exactly twelve months prior to his own death on the field of honor. He gave as one of his reasons for enlisting his desire to avenge the fate of Signaller Aitken."

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