WALD, Stanley Lykke
Service Number: | 2971 |
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Enlisted: | 8 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 24 February 1893 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Signwriter |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1916, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Torrens Rowing Club Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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21 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2971, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2971, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
23 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2971, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2971 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-23 |
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"LATE SERGEANT S. L. WALD, ADELAIDE.
News has been received by Mrs. S. L. Westbury, of 13 Nelson street, city, that her son Sergeant S. L. Wald (known as S. L. Westbury) was killed in action on August 23, in France. He was a member of the League of S.A. Wheelmen, a member of Manly Life-Saving Club, Sydney, and a member of the S.A. Rowing Club. He left South Australia in September 21, 1915, and was 23 years of age last February." - from the Adelaide Daily Herald 29 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)