BRIGHT, Stanley
| Service Number: | 4535 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barmah, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Tocumwal, Berrigan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4535, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4535, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4535, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Stanley Bright was an Aboriginal man, born in Barmah and gave his next of kin as his father Thomas Bright of Tocumwal NSW. He was killed in action at Bullecourt on the 3 May 1917.
He was seen by several eye witnesses to have been killed near the wire of the German lines at Bullecourt. His nearest of kin could not be found after the war and his mother was note to have died and his medals were marked as 'untraceables'.
4775 Private Cyril E. Turner 23rd Battalion, stated in the Red Cross Files, ‘About Private S. Bright. I knew the of whom you spoke rather well, but I myself knew nothing as regards his fate. I made enquiries though of his Company Q.M. and this is the full extent of enquiries. Private Bright was last seen hanging on the wire (and presumed killed) in front of the German trench O.G.3. As the trench was not occupied by our unit he may have been buried by some other unit, or by the Germans themselves. His personal appearance was in fact almost Aboriginal. Height about 5’8”. Brown eyes and dark hair. This is all I can find about the man.’
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