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VILLIS, Stanley

Service Number:	658
Enlisted:	18 October 1914
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Aberdare, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 658, 7th Light Horse Regiment
18 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 658, 7th Light Horse Regiment
20 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 658, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 658, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
3 Mar 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Originally enlisted in 7th LHR but transferred to 1st LHR, probably to be with his brother 164 LCPL Frank Villis, who was also killed on August 7, 1915.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edward and Isabella VILLIS, Regent Street, Cessnock, New South Wales