Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Acting Corporal Bertie Charles Sydney Stedman Southwell,
circa September 1915, at Broadmeadows.
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Southwell B C S Pte 2664 Bertie Charles Sydney Stedman 7 Inf Bn 32 Student Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Eglinton St, 71
Next of Kin: Southwell, W S, father 71 Eglinton St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 3 Jun 1915
Embarked: A68 Anchises 26 Aug 1914
Southwell was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 10 March 1916 while serving with the 59th Battalion. On 16 August 1916 he was promoted to lieutenant and on 10 November 1917 he was promoted to captain.
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Mr B Stedman Southwell, of Moonee Ponds, has cabled to his parents that he has received a commission in the 59th Battalion. He joined the AIF as a private and is somewhere at the front.
Tuesday 4 April 1916 Cite: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2098664
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B. S. Southwell of Moonee Ponds, has been promoted to lieutenant, and has been appointed assistant adjutant to the 15th Brigade Training Battalion in England. Lieut. Southwell saw service for some considerable time in the trenches in Egypt.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1916, October 26). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74594560
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Mentioned in this publication:
Fair Dinkums, The, by Glenn McFarlane, pp 152, 316, 354-355
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall R-Y
St Thomas' Anglican Church
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
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