PAYNTER, Stanley
| Service Number: | V14215 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Donald, Victoria, Australia , 11 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier |
| Died: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 1960, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hamilton Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 7 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V14215 | |
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| 17 May 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V14215 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Stanley was the second of six children of Charles Henry Faulkner Paynter (b1856 in Creswick, Victoria) and Mary (Annie) Ann McCredden (b1865 in Terang, Victoria). Charles - a Farmer - and Annie married in 1889 in Donald, Victoria. In 1896 they moved to Ararat, where Charles died in 1901.
Stanley enlisted very briefly in the AIF in October 1918, then worked as a Farmer at Willaura and in 1922 married Clarice Linda Kent (b1897 in Nalang, South Australia) - Clarice was a Nurse working in Willaura. Stanley and Clarice moved to Melbourne in 1940, where Stanley worked as a Carrier.
In May 1941 Stanley enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V14215). He was attached to 3 MDSC Ordnance Depot when he was Discharged in May 1943. Son Robert Stanley (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:41298) also served in WWII.
Stanley and Clarice moved to Hamilton in the Grampians in Victoria, where Stanley worked as a Carrier. He died in died in 1960 and Clarice died in 1966.