 1883 - 1918 (35 years)
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| Name |
Martin Conrad Stephensen |
| Born |
19 Apr 1883 |
Queensland, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Queensland Electoral Roll |
1905 -1913 |
Capper St, Gayndah |
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
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| In Memorium |
18 Sep 1918 |
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
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]
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| Died |
18 Sep 1918 |
France |
- 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
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| Buried |
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
- 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]
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| 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 , d. 11 Dec 1921, Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Sidsel Christine Hansen, b. 28 Apr 1854, Smidstrup Sogn, Sogn, Vejle Amt, Denmark , d. 18 Apr 1916, Queensland (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
1912 |
Canterbury reg dis, NSW. |
- Marriage Registration
1330/1912 STEPHENSEN JENS C J: Spouse: PETERSEN SISSEL C District. CANTERBURY
[New South Wales Marriage Register]
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| Albums |
 | Stephensen (47)
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| Family ID |
F1997 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Gertrude Hawthorne Bunting, b. 1884, Queensland, Australia , d. Jan 1960, Mord., Victoria, Australia (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
17 Feb 1903 |
Queensland, Australia |
- Regristration No 1903/165 [Queenland historical death Index 1829 - 1964]
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| Children |
| | 1. Alfred Julius Stephensen, b. 26 Sep 1903, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia , d. 1936, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (Age 32 years) |
| | 2. Ivy May Stephensen, b. 15 May 1905, Queensland, Australia , d. 25 Nov 1905, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Victor Cyril Stephensen, b. 12 Sep 1906, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia , d. 1984, Australia (Age 77 years) |
| | 4. Olive Stephensen, b. 26 Sep 1909, Queensland, Australia |
| | 5. Roy Stuart Stephensen |
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| Last Modified |
8 May 2010 |
| Family ID |
F2000 |
Group Sheet |
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