Stanley Joseph BARROW

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Service Number:	704
Enlisted:	18 November 1915, Narrabri, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, 1894
Home Town:	Narrabri, Narrabri, New South Wales
Schooling:	Church School Catholic, England
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 July 1917
Cemetery:	Ration Farm (la Plus Douve) Annexe Plot 111, Row A, Grave 19
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Narrabri, New South Wales
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, 704, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, 704, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
14 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 704, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 704 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-14

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Arrived in Australia aged 16 years

33 Battalion

Rank - Corporal

23 February 1917 - Wounded in action. Gusnhot wound to the chest

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Kate and the late John Barrow. of 114, Pall Mall, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Wanted to be a priest by migrated to Australia

From Roll of Honour Circular

Had intended to go to College to study for the priesthood; instead migrated to Australia to make a home for his widowed mother.