STANNARD, Charles Mayne
| Service Number: | 2964 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queensland Australia , 23 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 November 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2964, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2964, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Patricia JONES
Charles was the third son of Sidney Hugh Stannard and Emily Alice Kilroy. He was born in brayne near Brisbane Queensland on 23rd Sep 1897. He served 4 years as a senior cadet before enlisting on 30 Apr 1915 in Sydney. in the 3rd Battalion AIF He was a clerk and named his mother Emily Stannard of "Clifton" Park Street Arncliffe as NOK. He was unmarried.Charles was taken on strength on 22 Jan 1916 to Tel-el-Kebir then onto France on 23rd March of the same year. where he was wounded in the left arm on 29 Jun 1916. Several times admitted to hospital for shell shock and fever. wounded for a second time in August 1916 .Killed in action on 10 Nov 1917 in Belgium not long after he had leave in the UK
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