STANLEY, Thomas
| Service Number: | 4245 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gravesend, United Kingdom, 28 February 1884 |
| Home Town: | Swansea, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1968, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-93. 136. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4245, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4245, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4245, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4245, 19th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit due to wounding (15/4/1917) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
56 years ago today, on the 27th January 1968, Private Thomas Patrick Stanley, 19th Battalion (Reg No-4245), labourer from Galabee, Swansea, New South Wales and Hamilton?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 83. CATHOLIC 3-93. 136.
Born at Gravesend, United Kingdom on the 28th February 1884 to James and Mary Stanley; husband of Ethel Stanley nee?, married?, died 1969, Gosford, N.S.W.? of 87 Lockall Chase, Greenhythe, Kent, England and Manchester, England, Tom enlisted on the 8th October 1915 at Armidale, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A67 Orsova on the 11th March 1916.
Admitted to hospital 1.1.1917 (tonsillitis), 14.2.1917 (not stated).
Wounded in action - 15.4.1917 (GSW right side of chest, severe).
Commenced return to Australia 30.1.1918.
Tom arrived home on the 21st February 1918, probably invalided, being discharged probably medically unfit on the 18th September 1918.
Mr. Stanley’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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