ANDERSON, Stanley Charles
| Service Number: | Q136331 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Wondai, Wide Bay, Queensland, Australia , 7 April 1923 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawmiller |
| Died: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 2009, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Mar 1942: | Involvement Private, Q136331, died 12 Apr 2008 (C'Mail) | |
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| 30 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q136331 | |
| 30 Mar 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 16 May 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q136331, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville for Port Moresby per Duntroon | |
| 11 Aug 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q136331, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Lae to Brisbane per Evangeline | |
| 23 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q136331, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville to Torokina per Duntroon | |
| 17 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q136331, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Torokina to Brisbane per Tarooma | |
| 2 Nov 1945: | Discharged | |
| 2 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q136331 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Stanley was the second of three sons of Peter Robinson Anderson Snr (born 1874 in Scotland) and Elizabeth Anne Hebbard-Barlow born 1883 in Yengarie, QLD. Peter Snr and Elizabeth married in 1920 and settled in Wondai, QLD where Peter Snr was a Labourer.
Stan was a Sawmiller in Gympie, QLD when he enlisted in the ACMF as a Private (Service No:Q136331). He completed his training with 29 Infantry Training Battalion and served with 58/59 Infantry Battalion in New Guinea (New Guinea: 16/05/1943 - 11/08/1944; Atherton: 26/09/1944 - 24/12/1944; Bougainville: 23/12/1944 - 17/10/1945). Stan was WiA in September 1943 (GSW to arm and back) and was Discharged on 2 November 1945. Brother Peter Robert Anderson (Private; Service No:Q25464) also served in WWII.
In August 1944 Stan married Dulcie Jean Butler (born 1923 in Gympie, QLD) in Gympie, and following his Discharge, Stan and Dulcie settled in Gympie where Stan worked as a Sawmiller and later as a Wardsman. Stan died in April in 2009 and Dulcie in October 2009.
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