SHORT, Stanley Chloride
| Service Number: | 3962 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 1890 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt St Public School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bassendean War Memorial, Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3962, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3962, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3962, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 3962, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3962 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of Eva and the late John Short. His father passed away shortly before he enlisted. Stanley was born at Prospect, South Australia, and also attended Nailsworth Public School. He married to Kathleen in 1913 and was working for the Midland Junction Railways in Western Australia when he enlisted. He was also the father to two small children.
On his roll of honour form, filled out by his mother, Eva, she stated that Stanley was first cousin to Brigadier R.L. Leane and his brothers, all from Prospect, South Australia.
The 51st Battalion saw their first major battle at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm in August and September 1916. Short was promoted to Corporal only five days before he was reported missing on 3 September 1916. At first it was thought he may have been taken a POW. It wasn’t until April 1917 that Short was confirmed as being killed in action. Short’s body was located in 1923, along with his damaged identity disc and the War Graves Commission reinterred his remains at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery.
Stanley Short’s wife remarried and it seems that Base Records was unable to get in touch with her regarding the discovery of her husband’s remains and the disposal of the identity disc. From Short’s service file it seems that his two children were in care in an orphanage.