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GUM, Stanley Sturt Edger
| Service Number: | 6563 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nairne, 20 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Amyton, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness, Adelaide South Australia Australia, 5 May 1924, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Hammond Roll of Honor, Hammond Roll of Honor, Willowie Amyton Methodist Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Willowie Amyton School WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 6563, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: |
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| 20 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6563, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Miltiadies A28 | |
| 6 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Pte Stanley Sturt Edgar Gum
From How We Served
6563 Private Stanley Sturt Edgar Gum of Amyton, South Australia had been engaged in farming when he enlisted for War Service on the 20th of July 1916 and was allocated to reinforcements for the 27th Battalion 1st AIF.
Stanley was embarked with reinforcements bound for England and further training departing Australia on the 24th of January 1917, and it was whilst on route to England via Cape town that Stanley’s health broke down, and he was admitted into the ship’s hospital suffering pneumonia due to exposure on the 23rd of February.
There was no improvement in Stanley’s health and by the time he arrived in England he was admitted straight into hospital on the 27th of March. By August, and with no further improvement Stanley was diagnosed as suffering debility owing to on going illness and he was embarked for repatriation to Australia as an invalid, departing England on the 27th of September.
Following Stanley’s arrival back in Adelaide he was admitted into the 15th Australian General Hospital (North Adelaide) where he remained a patient from the 26th of November 1917 to the 20th of February 1918. On the 6th of March 1918 Stanley received his formal discharge from the 1st AIF and re-entered civilian life.
Stanley’s health was never to completely improve and on the 5th of May 1924 at the age of 31, Stanley passed whilst a patient of the Adelaide Hospital. Following his premature passing Stanley was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia.
Submitted 15 October 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography
Surname: GUM; Given Names: Stanley Sturt Edger; Date of Birth: 20 June 1892; Date of Enlistment: 20 July 1916; Trade or Calling: Farmer; Birth Location: Nairne; Address prior to enlistment: Amyton SA; Photograph sent by: Mrs M J Gum
Source: State Records SA
GUM Thomas Samuel : Service Number - 3834 : Place of Birth - Hay Valley SA : Place of Enlistment - Adelaide SA : Next of Kin - (Mother) GUM Mary Jane
His brother Terence Samuel Gum also enlisted and served with the 3rd Div Signals Company
While in transit to the UK Stanley Gum was hospitalised on board. Shortly after arriving in Europe Stanley Gum contracted pneumonia and dysentry. Subsequently, he developed anaemia. He literally spent nearly 9 months hospitalised. He was never taken on strength by the 27th Battalion in the field. He was classified medically unfit both for Active and Home service, which led to him being returned to Australia, when he was discharged medically unfit in March 1918. He was awarded a disability pension of three pounds per fortnight. Because this took place before the end of the War, he was deemed not eligible for the Victory Medal, qualifying only for the British War Medal.
He joined the RSL in early 1918, and belonged to the Booleroo Centre Sub Branch. It appears he never recovered from his illness, as he passed away on the 5th May 1924, aged 31 years old. He is buried in the AIF Cemetery at West Terrace (RSL Membership records).
Medals
British War Medal: 19152
Steve Larkins April 2014
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