William John Stevenson (SN 4596) was born in Ballarat, and was a 31 year old sign-writer, married to Dora, when he enlisted with the 5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement on September 4th 1915. His unit embarked from Melbourne aboard the Themistocles in January 1916. During 1916 he was transferred between several battalions, eventually finding a home with the HQs Depots in the UK. In March 1917 he found himself in trouble, having been found guilty of knowingly accepting a pair of breeches reported stolen from another soldier. The majority of his sentence was remitted, and he suffered forfeiture of 113 days' pay. He re-joined his unit in France in August 1917 but, a couple of weeks later, he suffered a severe gunshot wound to the right leg and was again evacuated to England. He returned to France in August 1918 but was again wounded in action in September, suffering a gunshot wound to the leg. On September 27th 1918 he died of his wounds and is buried at La Chapelette British Cemetery, Peronne, France.