Regimental number | 898 |
Place of birth | Richmond, Victoria |
School | Christian Brothers' College, East Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Salesman |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, Julius Stach, 3 Darlington Parade, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as a Gunner, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery for a period of 6 months. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, H Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 24.3 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | At sea |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 19), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 34 |
Family/military connections | Brother: [2632] Lt Hugo Frederick STACH, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 June 1919; Cousins: 3158 Sergeant Arthur Ralph KENNEY, 58th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916; 3353 Pte William Harold KENNEY, 6th Field Ambulance, died of wounds, 10 October 1915; Uncle: 3257 Pte Wilfred Rupert STACH, 5th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 12 November 1916; Lt Cyril St Michael Stanislaus POWER, 60th Bn, returned to Australia, 21 July 1917; 12381 Pte Edward Aloysius POWER, 10th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 27 May 1919; Uncle: Major Arthur William BATES, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, returned to Australia, 18 May 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |