William Stanley (Stan) VIGAR

VIGAR, William Stanley

Service Number: 712
Enlisted: 10 March 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Warooka, SA, 28 February 1893
Home Town: Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling: Warooka Public School
Occupation: Mechanic
Died: Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Warooka Memorial Hall Honour Roll, Warooka Memorial Hall Stained Glass Window, Warooka and District WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

10 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 712, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, SA
31 May 1915: Involvement Private, 712, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915: Embarked Private, 712, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
6 May 1917: Involvement Sergeant, 712, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 712 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-06

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph William VIGAR and Edith Emily nee BALL of Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, SA

Mr and Mrs J.W. Vigar of Point Turton, have been notified that their son Private Stan Vigar had been killed in action.  He had been previously reported as missing.

THANKS
MR and MRS W. VIGAR and FAMILY, of Warooka desire to thank all kind friends, relatives and military for letters, cards telegrams and personal  expressions of sympathy in the sad loss of their dear son and brother, Sergeant W. S. Vigar, killed in action on May 6, 1917.

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