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| Stretcher bearers placing a patient on a stretcher near Ypres, 1918. AWM Collection |
"Mr. J. Markham, Bacchus Marsh, has just been informed that his brother,
Andrew, who was previously reported missing, and later on a Prisoner of
War, was killed in Action on 11th April last. The detail supplied by
the Red Cross Bureau show that the lost soldier was wounded, and rescued
by his own brother (Corporal. Steven A. Markham, who was a stretcher
bearer) and placed in safety in a dug-out, which was afterwards retaken
by the Germans, and it is here that the confusion arose about him being a
Prisoner of War. Corporal S. A. Markham (the stretcher bearer
previously referred to) won the Military Medal at Gallipoli, and the
Distinguished Conduct Medal at Bullecourt, for his exceptional bravery
in recovering wounded men; but his brilliant career was brought to an
end at the battle of Messines. Letters recently received from his
superior officers speak in the very highest terms of praise of his
conduct and general regret at his death. Two other brothers of this
family are still in the ranks".
THE EMPIRE'S CALL. (1917, December 1). The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved January 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74227187
Details of the three Markham brothers who served in the AIF can be found here.
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