Stanley Hirst LITTLE

Regimental number4250
Place of birthSale, Gippsland, Victoria
SchoolState School, Sale, Camberwell and Canterbury, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address18 Morang Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs L V Little, 18 Morang Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date24 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was a member of St Stephen's Harriers, Richmond, VIC also of the Hawthorn Rowing Club.
FateDied of wounds 14 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBecourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row V, Grave No. 15), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Lucy LITTLE, 20 Morang Road, hawthorn, Victoria. Native of Sale, Gippsland, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal