Victorian Naval Forces Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*
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Profile| Last Name: | Stephens | | First Name: | Frank | | Rank: | Chief Stoker | | Birth Date: | 25-08-1856 | | Branch: | Victorian Navy | |
Francis (Frank) Stephens
Chief Stoker on HMVS Cerberus
By Stoker Cherylle Thurling (Victorian Navy) .
Francis (Frank) Stephens was born on 25.8.1856 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England and died on 10.10.1918 in Cheltenham Victoria. His parents were Francis Stephens and Elizabeth World. Frank joined the British Navy aged 12 years. He later joined the Victorian Navy and when Australia federated joined the Australian Navy on May 14 1910 at Melbourne, Victoria. Frank was invalided out of the Navy on March 3 1916. He sailed out here on the Cerberus at about the age of 15 years. He married twice and had a total of ten children. Frank served as a stoker in the Victorian Navy and as Chief Stoker in the Australian Navy.
Given the similar birthdate, this person is most likely the Francis Stephens with a separate profile.
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* 1853 is given as the commencement date for the Victorian Navy as this is the year that Commander Lockyer (RN) went to Britain to superintend the building of HMCS Victoria.
Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.
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