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TRAIN, Stanley Norman
| Service Number: | 1580 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Keswick South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kadina South Australia Australia, 18 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Paskeville, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: AS, Site No: 0A |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cleve WW1 Honor Roll, Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Kadina Memorial High School WW1 Honour Roll, Kulpara District Council Roll of Honour, Paskeville Honour Roll WW1, Paskeville Soldiers Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), embarkation_roll: roll_number: 17 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: |
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| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick South Australia Australia | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 5 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1580, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Mrs Sarah Train of Paskeville near Kadina, Yorke Peninsula South Australia. Mrs Train listed as 'widowed'. and Stanley as a 'single son'.
Enlisted 15th July at Keswick Barracks in Adelaide aged 22 years 6 months
Assigned to the 1st Reinforcements for the 32nd Battalion.
After initial training at Mitcham Camp, he embarked on HMAT GEELONG A2 on the 15th December 1915.
The 1st Reinforcements joined the Battalion at Ismailia in Egypt and he was allocated to B Company.
They embarked on the HMT Transylvania for Marseilles and began the long rail journey to Flanders.
The Battalion entered the line in early July 1916, as the First Second and Fourth Divisions were relocated to the Somme front.
The 5th Division was committed to the attack on 19/20th July at Fromelles. Stanley Train was wounded by a grenade near the German line and subsequently captured and repatriated to Germany as a Prisoner of War. In mid 1918 he was transferred to Switzerland. and remained interned there until the end of the war. He was listed as suffering from a debility when repatriated to London at the end of 1918, but the nature of it was not specified.
He was repatriated to Australia on the HMT Lancashire and discharged medically unfit almost fours years to the day after his enlistment,.
14/15 star 7172 BWM 7892, Victory Medal 7829
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