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Stanley BOOLEY

Regimental number823
Place of birthWarracknabeal, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressPO, Nyang, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 4.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Booley, PO, Nyang, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 September 1914
Place of enlistmentWarracknabeal, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 9 February 1919
Discharge date2 June 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3010 Driver Cecil Gordon Heywood BOOLEY, 8th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919; 1502 Pte James BOOLEY, 14th Bn, killed in action, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded in action, 28 August 1916 (shell wound, contusion, chest).

Admitted to 1st South African General Hospital, 1 November 1916; discharged to duty, 28 February 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 120 days.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 4 July 1918 (gun shot wound, right arm).

Married Louie LAMBERT, spinster, Register Office, Lambeth, 3 February 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ascanius', 9 February 1919; appointment terminated (discharged), Melbourne, 2 June 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death12/071951
Age at death58
Place of burialGeelong Western Public Cemetery, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOOLEY Stanley

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