TIBBETTS, Stanley George
| Service Number: | 3094 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia, 13 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Signal Erectors' Assistant |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 27 October 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Section IV, Row G, Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst Citizens who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice Honour Roll, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Hurstville War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 3094, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 3094, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 27 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 3094, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3094 awm_unit: Operating Section Details Australian Railway Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Stanley George TIBBETTS (Service Number 3094) was born on 13th June 1891 at Sutton Forest. On 5th March 1913 he was a temporary labourer in the Signalling Branch based at Newtown. By 1915 he had relocated to Hurstville and his job was described as a signal erector’s assistant. In January 1918 he became an assistant sectionman at Campbelltown.
Tibbetts was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 29th May 1918. He was married, to Florence Madeline, and nominated her as his next of kin. At this stage of the war there was a deliberate campaign, at the request of Britain, to recruit railwaymen who would use their civilian skills to operate railways behind the lines, rather than be soldiers in the front lines. He was allotted to the ‘May Reinforcements to the Railway Unit’. He embarked HMAT ‘Borda’ at Sydney on 17th July 1918 and reached London on 27th September 1918. He marched into the Australian Railway Operating Division base at Longmoor the next day. On 13th October he became seriously ill with Influenza and was admitted to the military hospital at Frensham Hill. He died there on 27th October 1918.
Tibbetts was accorded a Military funeral at Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, on 2nd November 1918.
‘Firing Party, Bugler and Pallbearers were in attendance. The coffin was draped in the Australian Flag and surmounted by many beautiful wreaths sent by “Comrades” Aust R.O.D. [Railway Operating Division] Longmoor Camp. The “Last Post” was sounded at the graveside, and the Revd Father Kelly conducted the burial service. The grave will be turfed, and an oak cross erected. Both the A.I.F. London Administrative Headquarters and A.I.F. London were represented at the funeral.’
After the war Tibbetts was awarded the British War Medal. The Memorial Plaque and Scroll were issued in due course to Tibbetts’ widow.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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