SLATER, Stanley Gordon
Service Number: | 3911 |
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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 | |
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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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"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)