THURLOW, Stanley Stevenson
| Service Number: | 159 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malta, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Grave A. VIII. 2. INSCRIPTION BELOVED SON OF C.H. & S.J. THURLOW OF SCONE, N.S.W., Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Scone Barwick House War Memorial Arch, Scone Public School WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 159, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 159, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 159, 1st Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Evacuated to Malta | |
| 21 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 159, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 159 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born in Scone, New South Wales, Australia, Stanley was the son of Charles Hatley Thurlow and Sarah Jane Thurlow of Hill St., Scone, New South Wales. . Before the war he worked as a painter and served in the Australian Militia with the 6th Light Horse.
Upon the outbreak of war he immediately volunteered for overseas service in August 1914, and was posted to the 1st Australian Light Horse.
He fought on the Gallipoli Peninsular and was wounded in action at ANZAC Cove on 7 August 1915, during the 3rd Light Horse Brigade's attack at the Nek. He was evacuated to Malta where he died following a haemorrhage of the femoral artery on 21 August 1915.
He was 21.
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