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Herbert Stanley STEPHENS

Regimental number1117
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
Address21 Gleadow Sttreet, Invermay, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mtrs Abel Stephens, 21 Gleadow Street, Invermay, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed 3 years training in the Artillery.
Enlistment date27 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAlbert Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Alfred and Adelza STEPHENS, 21 Gleadow Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsLieut John Francis Stephens, also two cousins.

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