Martin Conrad Stephensen

Martin Conrad Stephensen

Male 1883 - 1918  (35 years)

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  • Name Martin Conrad Stephensen 
    Born 19 Apr 1883  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Queensland Electoral Roll 1905 -1913  Capper St, Gayndah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Queensland Electoral Roll 1905
    Gayndah - wide Bay Division
    No 329 Stephensen, Martin Conrad, Capper st., storekeeper

    Queensland Electoral Roll 1908
    Division of Wide Bay -Subdivision of Gayndah
    No 695 Stephensen, Martin Conrad, Capper st., storekeeper
    No 694 Stephensen, Gertrude Hawthorne, Capper st., home duties

    Queensland Electoral Roll 1913
    Division of Wide Bay -Subdivision of Gayndah
    Stephensen, Martin Conrad, Capper st., storekeeper
    Stephensen, Gertrude Hawthorne, Capper st., home duties
     
    In Memorium 18 Sep 1918  Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Members of the AIF listed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
    Martin Conrad STEPHENSON
    Regimental number 4578 Place of birth Tinana, Maryborough, Queensland Place of birth Gayndah, Queensland School Tinana State School, Queensland Religion Church of England Occupation Storekeeper Address Brisbane, Queensland Marital status Married Age at embarkation 31 Next of kin Wife, Mrs G Stephenson, Gayndah, Queensland Enlistment date 1 November 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 9th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/26/4 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916 Other details from Roll of Honour Circular At time of joining up he was Mayor of Town of Gayndah and had held that position for seven years being elected an alderman at age of 21 and first elected mayor at age of 23.Previous to enlistment was head of practically all public functions in Town of Gayndah. Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) Name does not appear on Nominal Roll Place of death or wounding France Age at death 34.5 Age at death from cemetery records 34 Place of burial No known grave Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
    Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
    The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra.
    On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours.
    After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns.
    Panel number, Roll of Honour,
    Australian War Memorial 57 Miscellaneous information from
    cemetery records Son of J.C. STEPHENSEN; husband of G.H. STEPHENSEN, Gayndah, Queensland
    [The AIF Project]
     
    Died 18 Sep 1918  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Roll of Honour - Martin Conrad Stephensen
      Martin Conrad Stephensen
      Service number: 4578
      Rank: Private
      Unit: 9th Battalion (Infantry)
      Service: Army
      Conflict: 1914-1918
      Date of death: 18 September 1918
      Cemetery or memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
      War Grave Register notes: STEPHENSEN, Pte. Martin Conrad, 4578. 9th Bn. 18th Sept., 1918. Age 34. Son of J. C. Stephensen; husband of G. H. Stephensen, of Gayndah, Queensland. Born at Gayndah.
      Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

    Buried Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Panel number, Roll of Honour,
      Australian War Memorial 57 Miscellaneous information from
      cemetery records Son of J.C. STEPHENSEN; husband of G.H. STEPHENSEN, Gayndah, Queensland
      [The AIF Project]
    Person ID I6119  Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen
    Last Modified 10 May 2015 

    Father Jens Christian Julius Stephensen,   b. 18 Dec 1847, Jerslev Sogn, Børglum Herred, Hjørring Amt, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1921, Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Sidsel Christine Hansen,   b. 28 Apr 1854, Smidstrup Sogn, Sogn, Vejle Amt, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1916, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1912  Canterbury reg dis, NSW. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Registration

      1330/1912 STEPHENSEN JENS C J: Spouse: PETERSEN SISSEL C District. CANTERBURY
      [New South Wales Marriage Register]
    Albums
    Stephensen
    Stephensen (47)
    Family ID F1997  Group Sheet

    Family Gertrude Hawthorne Bunting,   b. 1884, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1960, Mord., Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1903  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Regristration No 1903/165 [Queenland historical death Index 1829 - 1964]
    Children 
     1. Alfred Julius Stephensen,   b. 26 Sep 1903, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Ivy May Stephensen,   b. 15 May 1905, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1905, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Victor Cyril Stephensen,   b. 12 Sep 1906, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1984, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. Olive Stephensen,   b. 26 Sep 1909, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Roy Stuart Stephensen
    Last Modified 8 May 2010 
    Family ID F2000  Group Sheet

  • Photos
    Alderman Martin Conrad Stephensen
    Alderman Martin Conrad Stephensen
    Youngest Mayor in Queensland, from 'The Brisbane Courier'
    Saturday 29th February 1908.

    Headstones
    Stephensen, Martin Conrad
    Stephensen, Martin Conrad
    Villers-Brettoneux, France.
    Villers-Brettoneux, France.
    Villers-Brettoneux, France
    Villers-Brettoneux, France


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