1898 Aug 11. Born London. (12 Aug on RIC)
1901 census at 2 Wardley Street, Wandsworth
1912 census An inmate at Industrial School Portslade
1916 Oct 3 Enlists in West Surrey Regt. 39 Darien Rd, Battersea. Mother Alice
1921 Feb 10. Joined with RIC no 78747 & ADRIC no (670). Labourer & ex-Soldier
1921 May 6. Posted to H Coy from Gormanston
1922 Aug 24. Leaves UK for Australia with mother Alice Jane , brother William (who is a Major) and William's wife. He is a Carman. 39 Darien Rd, Battersea
1984 Died March 1984 • Narrabeen NSW Australia, War Veterans Home (Ancestry tree)
When RSL ANZAC Village at Narrabeen first opened in 1939, the site was home to 35 veterans in its first week, before swelling to 142 in the first year. Today, the village is home to more than 700 homes. The 100 acre village is located on the Collaroy Plateau, with views of Narrabeen Lake and the Pacific Ocean (see the photo above of some veterans playing pool in the late 1930s). According to RSL LifeCare oral historian Helen Johnston, World War I veterans Bill Wood and Stephen Stack were the impetus behind the village after recognising the need to care for “men prematurely aged by their war service and unable to make provision for their future by their disabilities”. “These two men, along with Legacy, RSL and many like-minded supporters, campaigned and raised funds tirelessly to secure a “haven on the hill”, a place of respite,” Johnston writes.