CARROLL, Stanley Lawrence
| Service Numbers: | WX953, F/V223 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geraldton, Western Australia, 6 January 1915 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX953, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Nov 1941: | Honoured Military Medal, The Battle for Crete - May 1941, London Gazette 4 November 1941 on page 6358. | |
| 20 May 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX953, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F/V223 | |
| 1 Feb 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F/V223 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Johnson
Signaller Stanley "Titch" Carroll of the Signals Platoon of the 2/11th Battalion sailed for eight days single-handedly in a 16-foot Greek fishing boat 350 miles across the Mediterranean Sea from Crete to the Egyptian Coast near Mersah Mutrah in June 1941 to escape the Germans.
The information he provided resulted in the successful evacuation of other members of the Allies in HM Submarines Thrasher and Torbay in July and August 1941.
He was promoted to Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal.
Source:
KT Johnson: The History of the 2/11th (City of Perth) Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-45 (2000 edition), page 108.