THACKER, Stanley Frederick Charles
| Service Number: | 2160 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1916, Hamilton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenthompson, Victoria, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Glenthompson, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bilpah Hills Private School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | DOW - GSW to left leg & thigh, left hand & right leg, 23/2/1917, Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, Sussex, England , United Kingdom, 4 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, England Grave Location: 121. 51., Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Penshurst War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2160, Hamilton, Victoria | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2160, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2160, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 23 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2160, 39th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW (left leg and thigh, left hand, and right leg) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 4th May.......Private Stanley Frederick Charles Thacker was born at “Bilpah Hills”, Glenthompson, Victoria in 1890. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 17th April, 1916 as a 25 year old Farmer from Glenthompson, Victoria.
Private Thacker arrived in England on 11th November, 1916 for further training & was posted to No. 11 Camp at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 21st November, 1916. He was admitted to Hopsital on 22nd December, 1916 with Mumps & returned to 10th Training Battalion on 5th January, 1917.
Private Thacker joined 39th Battalion in France on 7th February, 1917. He was wounded in action on 23rd February, 1917 GSW (gunshot wound/s) to left leg & thigh, left hand & right leg & invalided to England where he was admitted to Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, England on 11th March, 1917.
Private Stanley Frederick Charles Thacker died on morning of 4th May, 1917 at Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, Sussex, England from wounds received in action in France – multiple shrapnel wounds to left leg, Septicaemia & Septic Pneumonia. He was buried in Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, West Sussex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/chichester.html
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