William John Stallard (SN 623A) born in Melbourne, was a 34 year old miner when he enlisted at Herberton, Queensland, on November 2nd 1914. Allotted to the 5th Light Horse Regiment, he embarked from Sydney aboard the Persic on December 26th and sailed first to Egypt and then to Gallipoli in May 1915. Illness forced his evacuation from Gallipoli in November. Back in Egypt, in early 1916, he was transferred to the 14th Field Artillery Brigade and then moved on to France in June. In August 1917 he suffered shrapnel wounds to his arm and shoulder and was evacuated to hospital in England, rejoining his unit in March 1918. Just a month later he was again wounded, gassed, and hospitalised until June. He was then returned to Australia aboard the Port Sydney, disembarked at Melbourne on December 2nd 1918 and was discharged on January 31st 1919.

His brother Harold enlisted to serve in the New Zealand Army and brother Stanley served in the AIF and are honoured with trees in the Avenue.