Stanley James CARRAILL

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CARRAILL, Stanley James

Service Number:	2374
Enlisted:	24 July 1915, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tungkillo, South Australia, 10 February 1889
Home Town:	Tungkillo, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Tungkillo Primary School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Flers, France, 14 November 1916, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood War Memorial, Tungkillo Memorial Wall, Tungkillo Roll of Honor, Tungkillo War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Cootamundra, New South Wales
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2374, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2374, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2374, 19th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography

"...2374 Private Stanley James Carraill, 19th Battalion, of Tungkillo, SA. Pte Stanley Carraill enlisted on 24 July 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Themistocles on 5 October 1915. He was killed in action in France, on 14 November 1916, aged 25. Pte Stanley Carraill had two younger brothers Leslie and Alexander who served with the AIF and were killed in action." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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