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Henry Robert STAGG

Regimental number15879
Date of birth2 January 1898
Place of birthDeloraine, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Robert Stagg, Meander, Deloraine, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme); enlisted in AIF, 31 July 1916; discharged (medically unfit), 20 March 1917 (did not embark).
Enlistment date3 December 1917
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, January 1918 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Ormonde on 2 March 1918
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Mounted Division Train
FateReturned to Australia 26 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Launceston Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date3 October 1919
Other details

War service: embarked Melbourne, 2 March 1918; disembarked Suez, 4 April 1918, and admitted to Government Hospital, Suez (measles); discharged to duty, 16 April 1918.

Marched in to AASC Training Depot, Moascar, 14 June 1918.

Marched out to Australian Mounted Division Train, in the field, 18 July 1918; taken on strength, 38th Company, AASC, 21 July 1918.

Appointed Driver, 21 July 1918.

Admitted to 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, 23 October 1918 (catarrh); transferred to Convalescent Depot, Mustapha, 26 October 1918; discharged to duty, and marched in to AASC Training Depot, Moascar, 2 November 1918.

Found guilty, 12 November 1918, of being absent without leave from stable parade, 1445-1500: awarded 14 days' confined to camp.

Marched in to Rest Camp, Port Said, 17 May 1919.

Marched out to 38th Company, AASC, Australian Mounted Division Train.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Burma', 26 June 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 29 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Hobart, 3 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
Date of death11 October 1967
SourcesNAA: B2455, STAGG Henry Robert

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