CRICHTON, Stanley Robert
| Service Number: | 12 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Rosebery, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Signaller |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Wanganui, New Zealand, September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand |
| Schooling: | Wellington Public School |
| Occupation: | Clerk - Sydney Morning Herald |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Signaller, 12, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Rosebery, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 12, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 12, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Stanley Robert Crichton is the eldest son of Mr. I.P. Crichton, of Wairoa, near Rotorua, New Zealand. He was born at Wanganui in September 1893, and was educated at Wellington Public School. Arriving in Australia in May 1914, he shortly afterwards joined the clerical staff of the Sydney Morning Herald.
In August 1914, he enlisted as a Signaller in the 1st Australian Light Horse, and sailed with the first contingent on October 19. After serving in Egypt he proceeded to Gallipoli, where he arrived about a week after the original landing. Being wounded after he had spent about five months on the Peninsula, he returned to Australia, wehre he was discharged.
He rejoined the office staff, but re-enlisted a few months later, and after studying for some time at the Officer's Training School at Duntroon, passed the necessary examinations for a commission. Without waiting for a commission, however, he sailed for England, and after spending some months as an instructor on the army gymnastic staff at Aldershot, went to France. As the result of an accident he spent some time in a hospital, and at the end of 1917 was again invalided home to Austrlaia, where he has since been on home service with the rank of Lieutenant.