BREALEY, Stanley Thomas
| Service Number: | 4261 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Naracoorte, South Australia, 10 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Naracoorte Public School & Naracoorte High School |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bayeux, France, 30 August 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ennemain Communal Cemetery Extension Ennemain Communal Cemetery Extension, Ennemain, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 32nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" |
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"...4261 Private Stanley Thomas Brealey, 32nd Battalion. A farm hand from Naracoorte, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 7 November 1916 aboard HMAT Afric (A19) for Plymouth, England. Following training in England he proceeded to France and joined his battalion on the Western Front near Grevillers, France. Pte Brealey was killed in action near Bayeux, France, on 30 August 1918. He was aged 19 years. He had two older brothers 4740 Corporal William Herbert Brealey, 50th Battalion and 2103 Private Francis Henry Brealey, 12th Battalion who were both killed in action near Ypres, Belgium, on 19 October 1917 and 8 October 1917, respectively." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. and Mrs. F. Brealey, of Narracoorte, have received news that their eighth son, Private STANLEY THOMAS BREALEY, aged 19 years and four months, was killed in action on August 30. The deceased enlisted in September, 1916, and sailed for the front in November of the same year, being attached to the 11th Reinforcements of the 32nd Battalion. Two other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Brealey have been killed at the war, two have returned, and there is still one fighting there. Six of their sons, therefore, responded to the call of duty for the Empire.
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