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Eddy Blackwood STEVENS

Regimental number320
Place of birthWarrnambool, Victoria
SchoolWarrnambool State School, Victoria
Other trainingAgricultural High School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressRaglan parade, Warrnambool, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinW. Stevens, Raglan parade, Warrnambool, Victoria
Enlistment date18 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/11/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A29 Suevic on 21 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 September 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 4), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
5
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Margaret Hanson STEVENS, 31 Closeburn Avenue, WindsVor, Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Warrnambool, Victoria
Family/military connectionsStep-brother E M Stevens 4527 21st Battalion killed in action Bullecourt, France.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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