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STABBACK, John William

Service Number:	8107
Enlisted:	17 June 1915, Sydney
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 13 April 1894
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chemist, later Theatre Manager
Died:	Natural causes, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1976, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Orange Patrician Brothers' Old Boys Union Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

17 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8107, Sydney
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8107, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8107, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
14 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8107, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
14 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8107, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
14 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Attached to 48th Battalion
6 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion
6 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion
8 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion
24 Aug 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Battle of Messines, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the night of 7 June 1917 at Messines when leading his company over very diffcult ground which had not been reconnoitred and the following afternoon, in daylight, over the open, succeeded in recapturing a portion of the front line from the enemy under heavy machine gun and sniper fire, subsequently consolidating the position.
23 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion, Appointment terminated in England

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