Stanley George CHARLESWORTH

CHARLESWORTH, Stanley George

Service Number: 391
Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Benalla, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, 1895
Home Town: Benalla, Benalla, Victoria
Schooling: Benalla East State School
Occupation: Grocer
Died: Died of wounds, At sea (HS Gascon), 26 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Buried at Sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Benalla War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 391, Benalla, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 391, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 391, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 391, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (chest)

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Biography contributed by Karen Standen

1915 'SALE WATER SUPPLY.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 5 May, p. 10. , http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1514657

PRIVATE CHARLESWORTH.
A telephone message from the Defence authorities was received by the Rev. P. J. Edwards, of Holy Trinity Church, Benalla, on Sunday concerning the death at the Dandanelles of Private Stanley Charlesworth. Private Charlesworth, who was a son of Mr. George Charlesworth, railway employee, was amongst the first batch who volunteered for service from Benalla. At the evening service at Holy Trinity on Sunday the Rev. P. J. Edwards spoke of the sterling qualities of deceased, who, he said, had given his life nobly for his King and country.
Mr. J. Sebire, head master, also made reference on Monday to the sad event at the Benalla East school, of which deceased was a pupil. He said that the young soldier had suffered the most glorious of all deaths - that of dying to save his compatriots from a merciless foe. By his heroic death he had shed lustre on the school and it was intended at a later date to erect in the school a tablet to perpetuate his memory. The flag at the town hall on Monday was at half-mast.

1915 'Benalla Mourns.', The Independent (Benalla) (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), 4 May, p. 2. , http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130143159

Pte. Stan. Charlesworth, Makes the Supreme Sacrifice

..."Stan," as he was popularly known, was employed with the firm of Thomson and Co., and his cheery, breezy manner will be remembered —and fondly so—by a large number of friends. So optimistic was his spirit that his sunny disposition will be a presence cherished by those who have been closely associated by Benalla's first battle-crowned hero...

Before taking his departure finally, Stanley took a run round the town to say "Good-bye" to his friends. With a hearty handshake he took his leave, and as his manly, soldierly form disappeared with the hearty expressions of good will and a safe return, his friends felt that he would uphold the best traditions of British arms... 24 young men of Benalla were escorted by the town bands and hundreds of the citizens to the railway station enroute for Broadmeadows camp, to be trained for the mighty battle which took place a few days ago...

1915 'RETURNED SOLDIERS', Benalla Standard (Vic. : 1901 - 1925), 30 July, p. 3. , http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155587283

On returning home, Private Stewart Allen described the landing at Gallipoli in the local Benalla newspaper, stating; 

"...Poor Stanley Charlesworth was killed in the boat, and never landed."

 

 

 

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