William John Stephens
- Born: 14 Apr 1911, Leederville, Perth Western Australia
- Marriage (1): Isabel Signe Grant
- Died: 25 Jun 1981, NSW Australia at age 70
General Notes:
Service Record Name STEPHENS, WILLIAM JOHN Service Australian Army Service Number WX40925 Date of Birth 14 Apr 1911 Place of Birth LEEDERVILLE, WA Date of Enlistment 17 Dec 1943 Locality on Enlistment WEST LEEDERVILLE, WA Place of Enlistment JO2, NT Next of Kin STEPHENS, ISABEL Date of Discharge 22 Nov 1945 Rank Corporal Posting at Discharge FORTRESS SIGS DARWIN WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No
William John was stationed at Darwin in a Signals Unit during WW2. Later he was in the Forts at Albany no longer fit for any tropical service, while there he married Isobel Grant, probably 1945. He then moved to Sydney where Bill had a job in a wholesale grocery store at Burwood. They eventually secured a home at 28 Amaroo Ave, Strathfield. William died of lung cancer on 25/6/1981 aged 70 years.
Noted events in his life were:
• connection. My connection to Tania Giles is as follows:
Tania Giles . . . Her father is ? Chance His father was Thomas Chance (1920) who married Iza Grant (1922) Her father was Carl Grant (1855) & he also had Isabel Grant (1920) who married who married William Stephens (1911) His father was Edward Stephens (1872) His father was John Stephens (1840) His father was Charles Stephens (1809) & he also had Martha Stephens (1850) She had William Stephens (1877) He had Elsie Stephens (1919) who married Arthur Hiscock (1907) His father was Frank Hiscock (1873) who married Emily Wallis (1875) Her father was William Wallis (1849) who married Victorine Groube (1851) Her father was Rev Horatio Groube (1814) & he also had George Groube (1847) He had Edith Groube (1880) who married Percy Howe (1866) His father was Robert Howe (1833) His father was Frederick Howe (1805) His father was James Howe (1777) His father was George Howe (1741) & he also had Sarah Howe (1775) She had Alexander Moss (1811) She had James Moss (1846) He had Laura Kershaw Waldock or Moss (1864) She had Winthrop Larkinson (1889) He had Dulcie Larkinson (1926) who married Colin Davies (1925) She had me- Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
William married Isabel Signe Grant, daughter of Carl Gustav Hyllengreen Grant and Lilian Mortin. (Isabel Signe Grant was born in 1920 in Perth, Western Australia, died on 7 Jul 2001 in NSW Australia and was buried on 10 Jul 2001 in Bethany Nursing Home, Port Macquarie, NSW Australia.)
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