FARRELL, Stanley Longhurst
| Service Number: | 633 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Morgan, South Australia , 9 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Milang, Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Fell of the back of a truck accident , Mundaring Weir, Western Australia , 10 November 1948, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 633, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Thirty-Six embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 633, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Thirty-Six, Newcastle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Fran Dunn
War service: Egypt, England, France (post-Armistice) Examined on board troopship, 30 October 1914; found to be suffering from primary syphilis; discharge recommended. Attached to 13th Light Horse Regiment, 12 February 1915. Transferred to Army Service Corps Motor Transport Section, 1 October 1915, renumbered 15 and mustered as Driver. Joined Motor Transport Section, Gamrah, 31 December 1915. Promoted Corporal, 8 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria, 11 May 1916; taken on strength, Australian Motor Transport Section, Chelsea, England, 12 August 1916. Appointed Cadet, 4 October 1917; transferred to Australian Flying Corps Administrative Headquarters, 5 October 1917. Posted to Royal Air Force Armament School, Uxbridge, 27 April 1918. Taken on strength, 6th Training Squadron, 31 May 1918. Marched out (Corporal Cadet) to Australian Flying Corps Depot, Wendover, 28 August 1918. Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 6 September 1918; discharged to Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 5 October 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 30 days. Relinquished appointment as Cadet, 24 September 1918, and struck off strength of AFC. Transferred to AASC, Motor Transport Section, Parkhouse, 9 November 1918; taken on strength, Australian Motor Transport Section, Chelsea, 13 November 1918. Marched out to AASC Training Depot, Tidworth, 22 November 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 28 November 1918; taken on strength, 4th Motor Transport Company, in the field, 9 December 1918. Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 14 January 1919. Attached for duty to 12th Field Ambulance, 16 January 1919. Promoted Sergeant, 22 March 1919. Transferred to 3rd Motor Transport Company, 3 June 1919. Marched out to England for return to Australia, 18 June 1919. Granted leave with pay and subsistence (Non-Military Employment: motor engineering), 10 July-10 October 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Devon', 8 October 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 24 November 1919; discharged, Adelaide, 8 December 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Sources NAA: B2455, FARRELL Stanley Longhurst