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GENGE, Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 557 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1915, Liverpool |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 2 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Maitland Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Edgworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1973 |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Cremated - Loggia 12/3 E/147 |
| Memorials: | Maitland St Thomas East Greta Roll of Honour, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 557, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 557, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 557, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 27 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 557, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock | |
| 23 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 557, 20th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Attended West Maitland SPS from about 1902 to at least 1910. The family moved to Newcastle in 1912 - father was licencee of the Carrington Hotel, High Street, Maitland before taking on the Station Hotel at Hamilton in 1912. Mother died in Newcastle in 1913.