Stephen James BARNWELL

BARNWELL, Stephen James

    Service Number: 736
    Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: London, England, 1893
    Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 May 1915
    Cemetery: Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
    Plot 1, Row C, Grave 19 Chaplain R.H. Richards officiated Headstone inscription reads: Lord all pitying jesu blest, grant him thine eternal rest, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 736, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 736, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 736, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Lismore, NSW

    Son of William Brandon Barnwell and  Olivia Sarh Barnwell of 11 Jessica Road, Wandsworth Common, London, England

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

    Also served in the Boys Bridgade prior to it being disbanded

    Prior to leaving for Australia he was studying to be a Solicitor

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