| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 1DRL/0486 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Document |
| Maker |
Marwick, Stephen Watson |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1931 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/870 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Marwick, Stephen Watson (Private, b. c1894 - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 1594 Private Stephen Watson Marwick, 2 Battalion, AIF, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of a handwritten copy of a brief extract from a notebook belonging to Private Marwick. The copy was made by Marwick's mother, Mary Anne Marwick, of Nottingham, England.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 1594 Private Stephen Watson Marwick, 2 Battalion, AIF, who on 27 June 1915 was killed in action at Anzac. Other biographical details concerning him are; seaman; born South Shields, Durham, England; educated at the Royal Merchant Seamen's Orphanage, Snaresbrook, Essex; was serving in the SS La Blanca when he joined the AIF on 2 December 1914; took part in the Landing at Anzac, was wounded on 27 April 1915 and sent to Alexandria; rejoined unit some weeks later and was killed on 27 June 1915, age at time of death, 21 years 4 months. Son of Mary Ann Marwick, of Rose Villas, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham, England.