The Stanthorpe RSL Sub Branch is proud to be involved with rededicating and marking unmarked WW1 veteran gravesites at the Stanthorpe Parish as part their Headstone Project.
Sub Branch president Martin Corbett said being able to remember the service of their veterans in this manner is one of the ways they can give back to the community.
“We see our involvement with projects of this nature as a very important part of our responsibilities,” Martin said.
The Stanthorpe Sub Branch seeks to serve its members, veterans, ex-service men and women, and wider community by applying League Objects to the things they do.
These objects aim to preserve the memory of those who served and provide them with suitable burial places.
The Stanthorpe Sub Branch Headstone Project has been underway since 2018 with a number of unmarked sites that relate to veterans that saw operational service or served within Australia over the period of WW1 (1914 to 1918).
In continuing with this project, they have identified a further five unmarked sites within the Stanthorpe cemetery.
They are as follows:
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1. John GRAHAM
Date of Birth: circa 1873, Belfast Ireland.
Date of Death: 26 February 1938, aged 65.
Occupation at enlistment: Horse Breaker. NOK at enlistment.
Sister: Mrs Rose Edwards, Stanthorpe QLD.
Service Details: Regimental No. 2311, enlisted in Toowoomba, Queensland on 8 November 1915 aged 42.
Unit: Australian Remount Unit 2, Squadron 8.
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2. Charles James LARKINS
Date of Birth: circa 1876, New England New South Wales.
Date of Death: 8 April 1932, aged 56.
Occupation at enlistment: labourer. NOK at enlistment.
Mother: Mrs Margaret Larkins, Bundarra via Armidale New South Wales.
Service Details: Regimental No. 2106, enlisted in Townsville Queensland on 22 April 1916, aged 40.
Unit: 41st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement.
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3. Bernard MAGUIRE
Date of Birth: circa 1895, Wyalong New South Wales.
Date of Death 25 June 1965, aged 70.
Occupation at enlistment: Porter. NOK at enlistment.
Mother: Mrs Rose Mary Maguire, 21 Bedford St, Newtown, Sydney New South Wales.
Service Details: Regimental No. 3851, enlisted in Sydney New South Wales on 3 May 1916, aged 18.
Uni:. 30th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement.
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4. Harold Bernard MANN
Date of Birth: 18 November 1892, Stanthorpe Queensland.
Married Margaret Elizabeth Shephard on 28 May 1919.
Date of Death: 19 October 1960, aged 67.
Occupation at enlistment: drover. NOK at enlistment.
Father: John Mann, Stanthorpe Queensland.
Service Details: Regimental No. 1878, enlisted in Narrabri on 8 February 1916, aged 23.
Unit: 33rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement.
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5. William WILLIAMS
Date of Birth: circa 1891, Stanthorpe Queensland.
Date of Death: 16 March 1942, aged 51.
Occupation at enlistment: labourer. NOK at enlistment.
Mother: Mrs E Williams, Tenterfield New South Wales.
Service Details: Regimental No. 2705, enlisted in Sydney New South Wales on 29 June 1915, aged 24.
Unit: 13th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement.
For this part of the project, we are seeking to have contact with any surviving family in order to gain approval and support in the marking and rededicating these gravesites.
Can we ask that any surviving family of those listed contact the Sub Branch in one of the following ways – drop in to the Sub Branch on a Tuesday or Friday between 10am and 12pm or email the project coordinator at Glen.gibson@stanthorperslsubbranch.org.
The Stanthorpe Sub Branch is located at 38 Marsh Street, Stanthorpe and can be contacted on 07 46810047.
As we are only there on Tuesday and Fridays the phone is not always answered so please leave a message.
