Stack, Walter Jaques

Book of Remembrance entry

D.S.O., M.B., Ch.M., F.R.A.C.S.: MAJOR, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Enlisting 4th February 1915, and sailing 10th April as S.M.O. hospital ship "Karoola", was M.O. at No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, and R.M.O. 4th Battalion for nearly two years, in Gallipoli, including Lone Pine, and in France, at Pozieres and elsewhere. Promoted major, 29th January, 1919, and to command 1st Field Ambulance, later becoming D.A.D.M.S. 1st Division and serving til demobilisation. Awarded D.S.O. 3rd June 1918, and Mentioned in Despatches twice. Early education at Mackenzie's School Bowral and Dulwich College England. Later at St Paul's and in the Faculty of Arts.

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1884

Birth in Croydon -- NSW, Australia 31 October 1884
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Early education at Mackenzie's School, Bowral, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Dulwich College Lower School, Westminster, London, England
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Military service as Major 1915
1915

Enlisted 26 Mar 1915
1916

Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on 1916
1918

Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on 1918
1918

Military award: D.S.O. on 1918
1921

Medical Practitioner at Molong -- NSW, Australia 1921
1924

Opthamologist at Bathurst -- NSW, Australia 1924
1930

Married 1930 at Bathurst [ NSW Australia ]
1972

Death in Bathurst -- NSW, Australia 26 March 1972

Gender

Male

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