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Edward Ernest STAINSBY

Regimental number1733
Place of birthMortlake, Victoria
SchoolBrighton Street, Richmond, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address96 Dover Street, Richmond, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Edward A Stainsby, 96 Dover Street, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1773A
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 November 1917
Place of death or woundingZonnebeke, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemtery (Plot XIV, Row C, Grave No. 7), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward Allan and Mary STAINSBY, Carlisle Crescent, Oakleigh, Victoria
Family/military connectionsFather: Private E.A. Stainsby 14th Battalion

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