CLOSE, Stanley Robert
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat High School, Victoria, Australia |
| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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)
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Stanley Robert Close, son of Mr. R. M. Close, of 91 Bond street, Ballarat East, was born in 1895. He was a pupil at the Ballarat High School in 1910-11. He was appointed junior teacher at Dimboola in 1912, and transferred to Brown Hill, Ballarat, in the same year.
His first military knowledge he gained as a subaltern in a Ballarat regiment. He was given a commission, in 1914, in the 8th Battalion of the Second Infantry Brigade.
As a teacher, Lieutenant Close was recorded as being very trustworthy, and showing great interest in his work.
Having enlisted on the 30th of August, 1914, he embarked with the 8th Battalion on the transport Benalla on the 19th of October. After some training in Egypt, he proceeded to Gallipoli and took part in the Landing. He died of wounds on the 27th of April, 1915.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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