Samuel Herbert STONELY

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STONELY, Samuel Herbert

Service Numbers:	12, 1088
Enlisted:	12 September 1914, Enlisted at Queenscliff, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Queenscliff, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Killed in Action, Krithia, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Queenscliff Cosmopolitan Lodge No 96 VC Roll of Honor, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

Boxer Rebellion (China) Service

30 Jul 1900:	Embarked 12, Victorian Naval Contingent, SS Salamis
30 Jul 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 12, Victorian Naval Contingent, Signalman. Embarked at Sydney NSW on board SS Salamis

World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1088, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Queenscliff, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1088, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1088, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion
28 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
8 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1088, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1088 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-08

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 77 Twyford Street, Williamstown, Victoria

Husband of Eleanor McNab Stonely nee Gunn of Queenscliff, Victoria.

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

Served a 4 year apprenticeship with Thos Rowe & Co. of Liverpool

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

A witness (Pte EE Clew 6th Btn) reported that Cpl Stonely was hit by machine gun fire during the charge at Cape Helles (Krithia) and that he received six bullet wounds to his chest.

Cpl Stonely is also remembered at the Queenscliff Memorial Garden, Vic.

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