KING, Stanley William
| Service Number: | NX44201 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 September 1941, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia , 7 November 1917 |
| Home Town: | Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness - Pellagra of the Stomach, Burma, 4 February 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A3 B 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Taree Honour Rolls |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX44201 | |
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| 3 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX44201, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Samuel Lloyd KING and Margaret Ada KING nee RICHEY, of South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
Employed at Mondrook for Mr Sawyer, in dairying.
Survived by his parents, sisters Mrs Arlie James, Mrs Eva Anderson and brothers Arthur and Edgar.
On Monday last, Mrs. S. King, of Albert Street, Taree, received the sad news that her son, Driver Stanley William King, previously reported as prisoner of war, in now reported as having died of illness whilst a prisoner of war on the fall of Singapore.
The late Driver King was a single man, about 23 years of age, and before enlisting was dairying with Mr. Sayer, at Mondrook.
His father is a present working in the Grafton district. Brothers and sisters are Arthur (Dorrigo district), James (in the Army in Queensland), Eva (Dorrigo) ane Eily (Sydney). Much sympathy will be felt for the family in their loss.
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
From the website 230battalion.org.au
Changi prison and A Force on the Burma Railway
Private C Company
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