Stanley John THOMAS

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THOMAS, Stanley John

Service Number:	614
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sebastopol, Vic., 1898
Home Town:	Sebastopol, Ballarat North, Victoria
Schooling:	Sebastopol State School No 1167
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 614, 39th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic.
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 614, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William and Margaret Hannah THOMAS, Albert Street, Sebastopol, Victoria

Stanley John Thomas (SN 614) was born at Sebastopol and attended the Sebastopol State School. He was 18-years-of-age, single, Plumber when he enlisted on 20th March 1916. He was allocated into the 39th Infantry Battalion and embarked on the HMAT A11 Ascanius in Melbourne on 27th May, reaching France in November. On 12th October 1917 he was killed in action near Passchendaele, has no known grave, and his name is on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

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