Stanley George THOMAS

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THOMAS, Stanley George

Service Number:	555
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Hyde St. State school, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Railway labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 555, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 555, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography

"LANCE-CORPORAL S. G. THOMAS, son of Mr and Mrs E. J. Thomas, of 24 Greig street, Seddon, of whom no tidings have come since he was reported missing in July of last year, is now officially reported dead. The date is given as April 25, 1915. Before enlisting Corporal Thomas was a railway employe at Spencer street, and a well-known member of Footscray Rowing Club." - from the Footscray Independent 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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