Allan Foster STUBBS

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Service Number:	706
Enlisted:	13 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Morgan Queensland, 9 January 1897
Home Town:	Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Mount Morgan, Queensland
Occupation:	Farmer; employee Mount Morgan Limited; grocerer
Memorials:

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 706, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 706, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Born 1897 to Thomas Upsell (1868-1954) & Lillian Elizabeth Stubbs (nee Ryder) (1869-1915) in D'Arcy Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Father worked for the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co.
One of five children, the third eldest
Enlisted in Rockhampton (age 18 years) on 13 September 1915
1st AIF 42nd Infantry Battalion
Trained at Salisbury Plain, England.
King George V inspected the troops
Deployed to France late 1916
Gunshot wounds to right arm and neck, recovered in England
Returned to Australia late 1918
Worked on family farm and for Mount Morgan Limited
1937 married Alice Cora Henrietta Keyes (1914-1985) in Mount Morgan Queensland
One son, Daryl Allen
Owned and managed Baree grocey store in Mount Morgan district

Service Medals: British War Medal, the Star, Victory Medal