Henry Richard Kent STANLEY

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STANLEY, Henry Richard Kent

Service Number:	1239
Enlisted:	10 September 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Avoca, Tasmania, May 1896
Home Town:	Avoca, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 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

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1239, 12th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1239, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1239, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
17 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1239, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to thigh
14 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
27 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
6 Apr 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1239, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1239 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-06

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gallipoli Association and AWM

Cpl Henry Richard Kent Stanley, 12th Battalion from Avoca, Tasmania.

An 18 year old miner prior to enlisting on 10 September 1914. He embarked for overseas as a Private with the 1st Reinforcements from Melbourne on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Themistocles.
He was wounded in action on Gallipoli on 17 June 1915 and evacuated to Lemnos for medical treatment.
After recovering, he rejoined his Battalion at Gallipoli on 10 July 1915.

In August 1915 he was admitted to hospital in Egypt suffering from enteric fever.

After being evacuated to England for medical treatment, he rejoined his Battalion in France #OTD in 1916.

He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 14 October 1916 and to Corporal on 27 February 1917.
Cpl Stanley was killed in action near Boursies, France sometime between 6 and 10 April 1917 and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux with others who have no known grave.

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