EVERETT, Stanfield Ridcout
| Service Number: | 18631 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 18631, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Aug 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 18631, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
History - a work in progress
18631 LCPL Stanfield Rideout Everett (Stanley) (~1878-1934) was my Great Grandfather. His middle name is Rideout, not Ridcout, although the service numbers and units are the same. I have done some research and trying to piece information together. I am sure the story will unfold as I get more time to investigate him.
- He was born in Goldburn NSW, was a bricklayer and was married to Muriel Ester Everett of 49 Perry st Somerset, Marrickville NSW
- His first preference was to join the Light Horse and second for Engineers. He was assigned to the 3rd Field Engineer Coy.
- Stanfield enlisted in Tamworth on 6 March 1917 at the age of 38 and 5 months, 165cm and 64.4kg. (Clearly where us Everett's get our height from). (born about 1878)
- It appears he had previous service with the 6th Australian rifles (2 years) and 2nd Infantry Regiment (8 months) (service number was 757320) before his service with the AIF (service number 18631).
- From what I can make out the 6th Australian Rifles was actually The 6th Australian Light Horse, of which the 4th Squadron was based in Tamworth. This makes sense because he enlisted in Tamworth and his first preference was for the Light Horse. (*note)
- Stanfield Rideout Everett embarked in Sydney on 8/8/1917, service records say it was the ship Ascanius, but records at the AWM say it was the Anchies. Either way he arrived in Liverpool on 28/10/17.
P10082.001
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10082.001/ The transport ship Ascanius.
- He was sent to the Engineering Training Dept in Brightlingsea to prepare him for France
- Stanfield did get himself in trouble, but only on one occasion when he went AWL, being absent from midnight to 0930 hrs on 31/10/17. He was docked a days pay, 10 shillings.
- On 31/1/1918 he departed South Hampton England for France where he served with 13th Field Coy. The Companies history and official dispatches can be found here https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338961
- Stanfield became a Lance CPL on 22 May 1918.
- On 15 June 1918 was sent from his unit to another because he was "sick". He has influenza (pneumonia).
- Around 27/11/1918 he fractured his right clavicle and was sent to the 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France before going back to England on 4 Dec 1918. There is mention of two hospitals, the University Hospital South Hampton where he was initially sent to and one at Dartford.
Dartford was the Australian Auxiliary Hospital in England. It was "deliberately established as a clearing hospital between the British General Hospital System and the Australian Command Depots and Hospital Ships (http://exploringmilitaryhistory.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/no-3-aah-dartford.html)
- on 6 Jan 1919 he was granted leave in London before being repatriated back to Australia (4 April 1919) potentially on the same transport ship (Ascanius) that he left Australia on almost 18 months eariler.
- Stanley was marked for "early return" from a document dated 20 Sept 1930. (21 years after coming home)
- Stanfield Ridout Everett was discharged from service in Australia on 1 July 1919.
- He was awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1914/15 Star.
- His funeral notice Sydney Morning Herald 15 May, 1934 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17075125
Submitted 21 May 2018 by Paul Everett