Abraham Joseph STANFORD

STANFORD, Abraham Joseph

    Service Number: 750
    Enlisted: 26 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Casterton, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria
    Schooling: Christian Brothers Catholic School, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 8, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casterton War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 750, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne
    8 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 750, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: ''
    8 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 750, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Pera, Melbourne
    7 Aug 1915: Involvement Trooper, 750, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 750 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Abraham Stanford and Mary Jane (Jeanne) Stanford. Brother of Ivy (nee Stanford) Austin of Albion Street, Surrey Hills, Sydney, NSW

    Next of kin given as his uncle Charles W S Paramor of Casterton, Vic.

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

    Also served in the Citizen Miltary Forces

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