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Stephens, John Francis

Born 23^rd August 1890 Westbury Tasmania the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Stephens (nee Morris) he embarked Melbourne 8^th February 1916 on board “HMAT Warilda” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion and the rank of Private.

Lieutenant Stephens was killed in action 25^th April 1918 in France when a shell came through the window of the billet where he and others were sitting around a table.  He is commemorated in the Caestre Military Cemetery, Caestre, Nord, France

Mr. T. Stephens of 102 Tamar-street has been officially advised that his son Lieutenant J. F. Stephens was killed in action in France on April 25. Lieutenant Stephens enlisted as a private in September, 1916 being finally passed for active service after having been rejected several times on account of defective eyesight. Before leaving Tasmania he qualified as a sergeant and after seeing two years' active service in France was selected to attend a special machine gun school in England where he gained his commission, returning to France in January, 1918. One brother, Sergeant H. J. Stephens, returned from active service in December of last year, and his younger brother, Corporal Roy Stephens remains fighting in France. Lieutenant Stephens was well known at Deloraine and along the North-West Coast and his many friends will regret to hear of his death.

The Examiner 11^th May 1918

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