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STIDSTON, Lancelot Lyndhurst
| Service Numbers: | 1045, 51762, 1045, 51762, V145359 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, SA, 25 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Norwood, S.A., 20 November 1965, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens of Remembrance. Shrub bed 3, Position 007. Interred 9 November 1966 (cremated 22 November 1965). Internment right number 209352 which expires on 9 November 2016 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Savings Bank of South Australia Honour Roll WW1, Blackwood War Memorial, Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lynch Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1045, 51762, Enlisted at Morphettville | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1045, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1045, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 51762, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Sergeant, 51762, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jan 1942: | Involvement Captain, V145359 | |
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| 5 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Park, VIC | |
| 5 Jan 1942: | Enlisted V145359 | |
| 26 Nov 1945: | Discharged | |
| 26 Nov 1945: | Discharged V145359 |
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28 April 1915 - Promoted to Corporal
14 July 1915 - To hospital with Bronchitis
19 July 1915 - In hospital in Cairo, Rheumatisism and Malaria
3 January 1916 - Embarked Ulyses for Australia
5 February 1916 - Disembarked at Melbourne
20 May 1916 - Discharged at 4 Military District as Medically Unfit (Tuberculosis) and attached to Pay Corp
4 May 1918 - Embarked HMAT Euripides at Sydney with new Service number 51762 with rank of Staff Sergeant
25 November 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Port Denison
4 December 1919 - Discharged
Medals: 1914-15 Star, Bitish War Medal, Victory Medal
15 October 1925 - Married Una Ellis in St Pauls Church, Adelaide, SA
12 June 1967 - His son Guy Stidston applies for the ANZAC Medal
RSL Information
Residential addresses; 81 Milne Street, Prospect; 52 Barnard Street, North Adelaide; residential address at the time of deaath was Beulah Park
Also served in WWII Service number V517762
Rank - Captain
5 January 1942 - Enlisterd at Royal Park, Victoria
26 November 1945
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