Stanley Joseph VIRTUE

VIRTUE, Stanley Joseph

Service Number: 58169
Enlisted: 15 June 1918, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1898
Home Town: Bexhill, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1969, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Bexhill Cemetery, New South Wales
Methodist area, Row J, Grave 10
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World War 1 Service

15 Jun 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 58169, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
4 Sep 1918: Involvement Private, 58169, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1918: Embarked Private, 58169, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, HMAT Bakara, Sydney
14 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, From 1st to 8th QLD Reinforcements
21 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 58169, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert Virtue and Jane Anne Virtue of Bexhill, Lisomre, NSW.

Brother of John (Jack) Walter Virtue who returned to Australia on 21 October 1919 having served with the 42nd and 15th Battalions

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 5 September 1919 at Sydney.

Medal: British War Medal

During 1924c Stanley married Marjorie A. Sharpe in Lismore, NSW