
AGNEW, Stanley William
Service Number: | 4727 |
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Enlisted: | 13 October 1915, Enlisted in Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Millicent, South Australia, 26 September 1894 |
Home Town: | Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia |
Schooling: | Milicent Public School, Millicent, South Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Millicent War Memorial, Mount Gambier St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honor, Mount Gambier War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Agnew and Jemima Ellen (nee Brooks) Agnew of Glencoe, SA; brother of George Melville Agnew, Clementine Loulalah Agnew and Emily Ruth Agnew
2 September 1916 - to hospital with Bronchitis
10 October 1916 - to hospital with Measles
14 February 1917 - to hospital with Mumps
1 May 1917 - Court Martial finds him guilty and holds in detention for 60 days (served 56 the other 4 days were remitted) and fined 73 days pay for going AWOL after having been warned of embarkation for overseas
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal