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Stanley Charles FRITH

Regimental number1264
Place of birthLeytonstone, Essex, England
SchoolKirksdale Elementary School, Leytonstone, Essex, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCompositor
AddressRalley Avenue, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, C Frith, 173 Ashville Road, Leytonstone, Essex, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 24 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Trench Mortar Battery
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of typhoid fever in Rouen Hospital.
FateDied of disease 18 June 1917
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot II, Row P. Grave No. 5B), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Eliza FRITH, 173 Ashville Rod, Leytonstone, London, England
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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