Stanley WITHAM

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Service Number:	427
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1892
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot V1, Row I, Grave 47, Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 427, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 427, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 427, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 427, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 427 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19
Date unknown:	Involvement 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Previously served in the Royal Field Artillery, British Army

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