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Stanley LANE

Regimental number1934
Place of birthEnfield, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWylie Street, Burwood, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Stone, Wylie Street, Burwood, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 February 1916
Place of enlistmentBathurst, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 23 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 18 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date28 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Reported missing in action, 7 May 1918; subsequently reported prisoner of war; repatriated, arrived in England, 22 November 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 18 January 1919; arrived Melbourne, 4 February 1919, for onward travel by boat to Sydney; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 28 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death22 February 1933
Age at death40
Place of burialSt Thomas Cemetery, Enfield, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, LANE Stanley

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