CHEERS, Stanley Alfred James
Service Numbers: | 487, V85131 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
Last Unit: | Army Training Units |
Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 1 November 1894 |
Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Dungay Public School, NSW |
Occupation: | Farmer/Motor Transport Operator |
Died: | Illness, Chinderah, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1970, aged 75 years |
Cemetery: |
Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery |
Memorials: | Dungay Public School WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
26 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major, 487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
World War 2 Service
18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted AIF WW1, V85131 | |
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4 Jan 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, Army Training Units, No. 5 Infantry Training Depot, Colac, Victoria |
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Stanley Alfred James CHEERS was born in Kempsey, Macleay River area in NSW on 1st November, 1894
His parents were Walter Chapman CHEERS & Isabella Evangeline TAYLOR who married in the Macleay River area of NSW in 1881
He married Veronica Agnes DRISCOLL in Victoria in 1923
He served in both WW1 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment and WW2 with the 5th Infantry Training Depot in Colac, Victoria (see service details for more information)
Stanley died in Chinderah, NSW in 1970 and is buried in the Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery
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Two of his brothers also served during WW1 & WW2
1. Norman Vivian CHEERS (SN 6781) - returned to Australia in 1918 - WW2 Army (SN Q119627) discharged 15th September, 1944)
2. Richard Henry CHEERS (SN 2669) - returned to Australia in 1917 - WW2 Army (SN N393790) - discharged 17th October, 1943