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Frederick STANTON

Regimental number4128
Place of birthEchuca, Victoria
SchoolEchuca State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address16 McPherson Street, Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinSister, Mrs Lizzie Sutherland, 16 McPherson Street, Footscray, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres Belgium
Age at death25
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row B, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary STANTON. Native of Echuca, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3265 Sergeant Major James STANTON DCM 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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