STONE, Jeffrey
| Service Number: | 70 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, 28 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Toowoomba, Queensland, 27 March 1940, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Sect. CE 9 Block 6 Allotment 32 |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Gordon Gymnastic & Athletics Club Honour Board, Toowoomba No. 3 Invincible Tent Independent Order of Rechabites, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Driver, 70, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 70, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 70, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 70, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 16 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 70, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
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"MR. JEFF STONE
Mr. Jeff Stone, a member of the firm of Job Stone, printers, Toowoomba, died on Wednesday night. Mr. Stone was born in Toowwoomba 45 years ago. He served as an apprentice at the printing trade under his father, the late Alderman Job Stone. He was one of the first to enlist in the Great War in Toowoomba, where he joined the Second Light Horse Troop and was in action at Gallipoli." - from the Western Star and Roma Advertiser 29 Mar 1940 (nla.gov.au)
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