MISSINGHAM, William Stanley
| Service Number: | 2176 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1890 |
| Home Town: | Kumbia, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 August 1964, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Plot Columbarium 31, Section 3. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kumbia WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2176, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2176, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2176, 15th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First) | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First) | |
| 19 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Bean Vol IV P334 (First Bullecourt)
Lieutenant William Stanley Missingham and others (Binnington of the 13th, and Ingram of the 15th battalion) who held an outpost at Bullecourt allwoing other men to escape, were cut off and captured.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Walter Stanley Missingham was the son of James and Sarah Ann Missingham of Kingaroy, Queensland.
He joined the 15th Battalion at Gallipoli on 2 August 1915. Less than a week later he was severely wounded in the stomach by a piece of shrapnel during the August offensive and evacuated to Cairo, Egypt.
He rejoined the 15th Battalion after the evacuation of Gallipoli in Egypt. He took part in the fighting at Pozieres and was recommended for a Military Medal.
“About 9.45 p.m. on the 8th August 1916 during operations near Mouquet Farm in an attack on the German trenches these members found they were detached from the Company. They noticed a great number of flares and considerable gunfire coming from the enemy’s trench. Corporal Missingham called on the others and they charged and gained a footing in the trench and bombed a way along the trench and accounted for 20 Germans, they continued along the trench and finding no enemy they jumped out and proceeded to get touch with their Company, along the way they collected some of the other men and got touch again.”
He received no award but was promoted to Corporal then Sergeant soon after. During October 1916 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
Walter was reported missing after the Battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. It was soon established that he was a prisoner of war of the Germans. He was promoted to Lieutenant while he was in Germany on 19 June 1917.
After the armistice he arrived back in England on New Years Day 1919, was returned to Australia during February 1919 promoted to Captain in April 1919. His appointment in the AIF was terminated during June 1919.
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