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Harold Walter STOBAUS

Regimental number5306
Place of birthFlemington, Victoria
SchoolBoys Central School, Nelson, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMotor mechanic
Address9 Sydney Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Arthur James Stobaus, 9 Sydney Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as 2nd Lieutenant in 58th Battalion Senior Cadets, Ascot Vale.
Enlistment date22 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur James and Henrietta Matilda STOBAUS, 9 Sydney Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsUncle and Nephews served.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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