Leslie Rossant STEPHENS [3072]

  General Notes:

1898 SA Birth 614/308 STEPHENS Leslee Rossant, Frank James STEPHENS Martha THOMAS Wellington

Christening Records on "Etona" the Floating Church
Stephens Leslie Rossant - Francis James & Martha Moorook labourer 6/5/1898

Daily Herald (Adelaide) Thursday 8 December 1917
LATE PRIVATE ROSS STEPHENS.
Private C. R. (Ross) Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Stevens, of William street, Rosewater, died from gunshot wounds on October 20. He was educated at the Port Adelaide School, and at the time of his enlistment was a railway porter at Largs Bay. He was a scholar and Officer of the Rosewater Methodist Sunday School, and until he went away was assistant secretary and librarian.

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Leslie Rossant STEPHENS:
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 137
Regimental number 380
Date of birth 5 January 1898
Place of birth Moorook, River Murray, South Australia
School Port Adelaide Public School, South Australia; Port Adelaide Public; School of Mines, Adelaide, South Australia
Other training School of Mines
Religion Methodist
Occupation Porter
Address William Street, Rosewater, South Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 19
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Martha Stephens, William Street, Rosewater, South Australia
Previous military service Served in the Cadets
Enlistment date 23 December 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 43rd Battalion, B Company
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AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/60/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 43rd Battalion
Fate Died of wounds 20 October 1917
Place of death or wounding Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death 20
Age at death from cemetery records 20
Place of burial Nine Elms British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. II), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 137
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents:
Francis James and Martha STEPHENS, Charles Street, Rosewater, South Australia
Family/military connections:
One cousin Pte E G Cavilson 8th Batt died of wounds 10/8/18 nearly four years service.

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  Other Records

• WW I: Australian Imperial Forces Nominal Roll, 23 Dec 1915, 11th Infantry Bregade, 43rd Infantry Battalion B Coy. Leslie is recorded as a Porter, Single, Methodist, age 19, joining as a Private on 23 Dec 1915. His address at date of enrolment is William Street, Rosewater, Adelaide, S.A. and his next of kin is Mother, Mrs Martha Stephens, William Street, Rosewater.