Regimental number | 839 |
Place of birth | Malvern, Victoria |
School | No. 1604 Spring Road, Malvern, VIctoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Plumber |
Address | 117 Malvern Road, Malvern, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, H L Stanton, 117 Malvern Road, Malvern, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Ribemont 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 connections | Brother: 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. |