Thomas STEPHENS

STEPHENS, Thomas

Service Numbers: 555, 555A
Enlisted: 3 March 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town: Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Accident, Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1924
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Colac Methodist Church Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 555, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
19 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 555A, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 555A, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
20 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His brothers, 3944 Pte. Roy William Stephens 59th Battalion AIF, killed in action 19 July, 1916, aged 22 and 3945 Company Sergeant Major John Dunstan Stephens, 59th Battalion AIF, killed in action, 25 April 1918.

Thomas was twice wounded, once in 1917, shrapnel to the knee and once in 1918, a gunshot wound to the scalp. He was returned home for ‘family reasons’ during December 1918, probably due to the death of his two brothers. Thomas died in a motorcycle accident near Colac during 1924, still only 26 years of age.

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