MORTIMER, Stanley George
| Service Number: | 174 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 October 1915, at Lismore |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eureka, New South Wales, May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Eureka, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. Mark's School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Eureka Honor Roll, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 174, 42nd Infantry Battalion, at Lismore | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 174, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 174, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 174, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 174 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Matilda Marlow
Stanley George Mortimer was born in Eureka, near Lismore in New South Wales. He was the son of Alfred and Frances Mortimer. He had a brother, Joseph Roy.
When Stanley was a child, he went to school at St. Mark's Lutheran School. He was a farmer before he joined World War One on the 15th of October, 1915, at the age of twenty-three.
Stanley was of average height and weight when he enlisted. He had blueish eyes and light brown hair. He was not in a relationship at this time. His service number was 174. He enlisted as a private but became a lance corporal during the war.
He was in the 42nd battalion. He left Sydney on the A30 ''Borda'' ship on the 5th of June, 1916 and arrived in Southampton in July. He was then sent to France in November to fight on the Western Front. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in April, 1917.
During his time in France, he did spend some time in hospital because of tonsillitis.
The 42nd Battalion was involved in the Third Battle of Ypres in Belgium. It was here that on the night of October 3rd and the early hours of the 4th of October, 1917, the battalion marched from Ypres to a position never Zonnebeke to commence an attack. At 6am the attack happened and although the objective was achieved by 8am and the battalion had taken a hundred prisoners and nine machine guns, sadly, Stanley was killed.
Stanley's body was never buried but he commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
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