FINDLAY, Stanley
| Service Number: | 3344 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, 14 August 1878 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3344, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3344, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3344, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3344, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3344 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Stanley Findlay was a Canadian who enlisted in Brisbane during 1915. He was raised on a farm in Manitoba, Canada by his parents Charles and Magdalena Findlay and he had five brothers and sisters.
In 1912 he left Canada and arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii. By 1914 he had arrived in Cokktown, Queensland. When he enlisted he was apparently working in the mining industry. According to his Attestation Papers his address was Kulumadau Mine (Gold Mine), Woodlark Island, Papau New Guinea.
He was killed in action during the very heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm in September 1916. Despite the very best efforts of Base Records no family, friends or relations of Stanley Findlay could be located at the time. His war medals were marked "untraceables".
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