Stanley Owen STAFFORD

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STAFFORD, Stanley Owen

Service Number:	789
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Penrith Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Machinists
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 137 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville War Memorial, Lithgow Lone Pine Connection, Werris Creek Public School Pictorial Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 789, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 789, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 789, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded between 25-30 April 1915
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 789, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, KIA at Lone Pine

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas G. and Alice Stafford of Margaret Street, Granville, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Colonial Forces

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Died for King and Empire.
Private S.O. Stafford, Granville, killed in action, whose parents reside at Margaret-street, Granville was some time ago reported missing, but on Monday official notification was received that he was killed in action in the big fight that took place at Gallipoli between August 6 and 9. He was 22 years of age, and was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Australian Division. He left on October 18 last year for the front with his younger brother, Lance-Corporal A. R. Stafford, who is amongst a batch of wounded soldiers due to return to Sydney on 20th inst. Both took part in the fierce engagement at the landing at the Dardanelles on April 25, and were wounded. Deceased's wounds could not have been serious, as after becoming fit again he returned to the firing line. He was educated at the Penrith Public school, and was employed as a machinist at Messrs. S. T. Leigh and Co.'s, Sydney, when he enlisted. The sad news was conveyed to the parents of deceased by the Rev. Hugh Wilson, and the deepest sympathy with them has been expressed on all sides.

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