Stanley Gordon SLATER

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SLATER, Stanley Gordon

Service Number:	3911
Enlisted:	15 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Barker, 2 December 1895
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Milkman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

15 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3911, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3911, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE S. SLATER.

Mr. and Mrs. Slater, of Gilles-street, have been notified that their second son, Private Stanley Slater, who was previously reported missing, is now reported killed. Private Slater sailed for Egypt on his 21st birthday, December 2, 1915. After remainlng there for some time he was transferred to France. Before enlisting he was employed by Messrs. Sands & McDougall, and Messrs. James Anderson & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Slater have another son fighting in France, and one wounded is Egypt." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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