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Keith Robert STEPHENSON

Place of birthBox Hill, Victoria
SchoolBox Hill College, Victoria and Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationEngineer
AddressNew College, Box Hill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Rev A R Stephenson, New College, Box Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date6 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name8th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death25
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 56), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
54
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Robert and Sarah Ann STEPHENSON. Native of Box Hill, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother of Captain G Stephenson MC.

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