VAUGHAN, Stanley Paul
| Service Number: | 36 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, February 1893 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Apprentice Fitter & Turner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tranancore St. George's Church of England Parkville Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 36, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 36, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 36, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 36, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 36, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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From How We Served
The private commemoration for; - 36 Private Stanley Paul Vaughan of North Melbourne, Victoria, who prior to his enlisting for War Service on the 17th of August 1914 had been employed as an engineer.
Stanley was allocated to the 6th Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for Egypt and further training with the 1st Australian Contingent on the 19th of October. Stanley was with his Battalion when it was committed to the landing at Gallipoli on the 25th of April 1915 and came through his first months on ANZAC unscathed.
From the time of his arrival in the trenches, Stanley’s service would be continuous, being a member of his Unit’s Machine Gun Section, until his Battalion took part in the August Offensive. During these series of attacks on the Turkish positions, the 6th Battalion was given the task of capturing ‘German Officer’s Trench’ on the night of the 7th of August.
Stanley was reported to have been ‘Killed in Action’ on the following day, and his body was recovered for a formal burial. He was aged 21 at the time of his death. To this day Stanley now rests within Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.
Back home in Australian the supreme sacrifice made by Private Stanley Vaughan during the ‘Great War’ was privately commemorated at the Vaughan family’s collective burial site within Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria.
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