Stanley Robert CLOSE

CLOSE, Stanley Robert

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 28 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, 19 March 1895
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: School teacher
Died: Died of wounds, Died at sea (HS Lutzow), 28 April 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Buried at Sea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brown Hill State School No 35 Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Talbot Dunach State School No 1412 Honor Roll WW1
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World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-04-28
25 Apr 1915: Wounded Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head)

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...Second Lieutenant Stanley Robert Close, 8th Battalion of Ballarat East, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) on 19 October 1914. On 25 April 1915, he was wounded in action near the Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Turkey and evacuated aboard the transport ship Lutzow where he died of his wounds on 27 April 1915, aged 20. He was buried at sea off Mitylene, Lesbos, Greece and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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