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JAGO, Stanley Degery Isbel
| Service Number: | 51883 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Uroonda, 23 February 1899 |
| Home Town: | Terowie, Goyder, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Yorketown, South Australia, 27 July 1978, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Terowie Institute Honour Board, Terowie Public School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51883 | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 51883, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 51883, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 51883 | |
| 13 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 51883, 3rd AAMTCoy |
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Stanley Digory Isbel JAGO was born at Uroonda, South Australia, eight or nine miles from Cradock. He usually told people he was born in Terowie as no one knew how to spell Uroonda (which he pronounced Uranda). This is attested to by Stan's Army records which state his birthplace to be Enrunda. Stan's name is also spelt incorrectly on his WWI record. Stanley lived in Terowie. He was literate but usually confided his writing to signing his name. He enlisted in the 1/32 Battalion in WWI and served in the 3rd and 6th Motor Transport Coy as a driver to signallers. He returned from the war on the "Argylshire" on 19th September 1919. Stan worked in the Railways in Terowie. On 24 June 1922 he married Lina May Boyd. Stan and May had one son James Stanley born 17 March 1923. Sadly Jimmy drowned accidentially on 13 January 1925 aged almost 2 years. Stan and May moved to Adelaide then to the Stansbury Scrub on Yorke Peninsula. Later they moved to Daly Head and sharefarmed for Mr Wilson. During that time their daughter Mary Florence Jago was born on 14 September 1935. Stan and May's final move was to Warooka, South Australia in about 1954. Stan and May became keen amateur "rock collectors" and travelled Australia collecting gems and minerals. Stan always had a shadow on his lungs believed to be the result of his War Service. His died in his 80th year.
Stan is recognised with his brother James Frederick Jago at the War Memorial at Terowie. Stan's service has also been recognised by his family at the Memorial Gardens at Corny Point where his daughter Mary lived for more than 50 years.
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