CHIVAS, Stanley
| Service Number: | 2719 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, 3 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Concord Military Hospital, New South Wales, 6 October 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 30 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2719, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2719, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 6 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left thigh | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Second occasion. | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Third occasion. Multiple wounds to the whole right side of his body | |
| 30 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Hay Chivas and Annie Fraser Chivas nee Wallace of Stanley Street, Waverley, NSW
Brother of William Chivas who returned to Australia on 9 September 1919 having served with the NSW Re-inforcements, Elizabeth Ann Chivas, Edwin John Chivas, James Chivas, George Chivas, John Alexand Chivas, Nathaniel Chivas, Maggie Barrie Chivas, Annie Fraser Wallace Chivas, Isabel Smith Chivas and Charles Wallace Chivas
Previously served in the Royal Navy
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes dismbarking on 1 July 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Alice Edward Chivas nee Collins. Stanley and Alice were married on 11 January 1919 in the Royal Hotel, Bath Street, St. Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. Minister Charles H. Todd officiated
In 1967 Stanley was living at Glenbrook, NSW