Stephen Johnstone Ambrose MACADAM

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MACADAM, Stephen Johnstone Ambrose

Service Numbers:	610, NX29481
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Bearden, Scotland, United Kingdom, 28 June 1900
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Illness, Sandakan, Borneo, 3 April 1945, aged 44 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 610, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 610, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 610, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
19 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 610

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX29481
14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX29481
3 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), NX29481, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Stephen Johnstone Ambrose MACADAM was born in Bearden, Scotland, UK on 28th June 1900

His parents were James & Margaret MACADAM

He married Olive May WALLACE in Sydney in 1921

Stephen died from Illness as a Prisoner of War at Sandakan, Borneo on 3rd April, 1945 - he had served in WW1 and WW2

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Two of his brothers also served in both WW1 and WW2

1. Archibald Campbell MACADAM (SN 5658) WW1 & (SN N202315) WW2 - awarded a Military Medal

2. Mark Robert MACADAM (SN 7082) WW1 & (SN 202111) WW2 - also awarded a Military Medal

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