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ANDERSON, Stanley Phillip
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX48580 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1940, Caulfield |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 14 July 1919 |
Home Town: | Tarwin Meadows, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 28 November 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C5, Row E, Grave 9, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX48580 | |
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29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX48580, Caulfield | |
29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48580, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion | |
4 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48580, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Sydney. Disembarked in M.E. on 3rd May 1941. | |
3 May 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48580, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
29 Jan 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48580, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, R.T.A Disembarked in 4MD on 24 March 1942. | |
28 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48580, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Brisbane on SS "Sea Witch". Disembarked at Port Moresby on 5th Sept 1942. | |
5 Sep 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48580, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua | |
28 Nov 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48580, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A. |
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