Regimental number | 5934 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Haymarket PO, Haymarket, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 3" |
Weight | 131 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs Minnie Harman, 166 Bowman Street, Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the St George's Rifles for 5 months (resigned). |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 19th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/36/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 19th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked from Sydney, 7 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 21 November 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 28 December 1916. Taken on strength, 19th Bn, 5 February 1917. Admitted to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 19 April 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 21 April 1917; to England, 30 April 1917 (pleurisy); admitted to 1st War Hospital, Birmingham, 1 May 1917. Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 May 1917. Discharged on furlough, 18 July 1917, to report to No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 1 August 1917. Marched out to No. 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 8 August 1917. Classified B1. Taken on strength, Headquarters, AIF Depots in the UK, 1 June 1918. Re-transferred to 19th Bn, 3 December 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board 'Takada', 25 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 11 February 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged from the AIF (medically unfit: pleurisy), 2 May 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal After the war, Stace became well-known in Sydney for writing, in a distinctive copperplate style, the word 'Eternity' in public places - footpaths, walls etc. His explanation was that after a lifetime of drunkenness he had found religion in 1930 when he attended a meeting in a church hall in Pyrmont. Thereafter his life was dedicated to spreading the message through single word 'Eternity'. By the time of his death it was estimated that had written the word more than 500,000 times throughout the city. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 82 |