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Charles Henry STANTON

Regimental number839
Place of birthMalvern, Victoria
SchoolNo. 1604 Spring Road, Malvern, VIctoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlumber
Address117 Malvern Road, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, H L Stanton, 117 Malvern Road, Malvern, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets.
Enlistment date1 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name23rd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parnts: Henry Leonard Leopold and Ellen STANTON, 123 Malvern Road, Malvern, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6748 Driver Albert Norman STANTON, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 15 May 1919; Cousins: Captain Frederick Bartram STANTON, 14th Bn, killed in action, 11 April 1917; 231 Pte Walter PRICE, 22nd Bn, killed in action, 21 November 1915; 3131 Pte James PRICE, 39th Bn, killed in action, 10 September 1917.

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