Regimental number | 1210 |
Place of birth | Adelaide South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Broad Street, Payneham, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. Edith Sarah Steinwedel, Broad Street, Payneham, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Listed [surname misspelled as STEINWEIDEL] on Clarkson Ltd Roll of Honor (design commissioned but never made): watercolour painting now held in the State Archives of South Australia. The Roll takes the form of a stained glass window headed 'The Great War 1914-1919', with a dedication: 'In Memory of Employees of CLARKSON Ltd who fell in the Great War and in honour of those who left Australia to serve with the Australian Imperial Forces.' The Roll of names is surrounded by scrolls listing major battles, most of which are misspelled: Courtenay's Post, Passchendael, Bullencourt, Poziers, Villers Brettonneux. |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 6023 Corporal Arthur Clyde STEINWEDEL, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 August 1919; Brothers: 3731 Sergeant Hurtle Hermann STEINWEDEL, 9th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 10 July 1919. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |