Stanley William AGNEW

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AGNEW, Stanley William

Service Number:	4727
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, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Millicent War Memorial, Mount Gambier St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honor, Mount Gambier War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4727, Enlisted in Melbourne
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4727, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4727, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 4727, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4727 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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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

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