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William STIRLING

Regimental number110
Place of birthEagle Junction, Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolEagle Junction State School and Brisbane Normal School, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressTownsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Stirling, Rose Street, Eagle Junction, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date8 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, Machine Gun Section
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 December 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 20), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Sarah STIRLING, Rose Street, Eagle Junction, Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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