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William Norman STEPHENSON

Regimental number2485
Place of birthSaddleworth, South Australia
SchoolMullala Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressKainton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Mr William R Stephenson, Kainton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Enlistment date13 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'He was a stretcher bearer and at the time he received his wounds was carrying a wounded man with thre other stretcher bearers, one of the bearers being his cousin Pte Allan Stephenson also of the 50th Battalion.'
FateDied of wounds 19 October 1917
Place of death or woundingZonnebeke, Belgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row K, Grave No. 12A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Moonta Cemetery, South Australia. Inscription reads: 'Friends in life, in death not divided.' Parents: William Robinson (d. 25 January 1920; bu. Moonta Cemetery) and Elizabeth Ann (d. 6 October 1930, aged 70; bu. Moonta Cemetery) STEPHENSON, Kainton, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: 342 Pte Allan STEPHENSON, 50th Bn, killed in action, 5 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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