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John Arthur STIRLING

Regimental number19562
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolNorth Sydney Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer
AddressCammeray Avenue, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Stirling, Cammeray Avenue, North Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service18th Infantry; Served in the Compulsory Training Scheme to time of enlistment.
Enlistment date7 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameJuly 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 17 July 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death18.11
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 18), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary STIRLING, 10 Cammeray Avenue, North Sydney, New South Wales

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