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Charles Trevor STANFORD

Regimental number3622
Place of birthApollo Bay, Victoria
SchoolApollo Bay and Skene's Creek State Schools, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDairy farmer
AddressApollo Bay, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 10.75"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinAlfred Stanford, Apollo Bay, Victoria
Previous military serviceMember for 3 years, Apollo Bay Rifle Club.
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Apollo Bay Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Albert Ernest and Elizabeth Jane Stanford, Apollo Bay, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded in action, 26 July 1916 (gun shot wound, left hand: severe).

Wounded in action (second occasion), 23 March 1917 (gun sot wound, right hand: severe).

Wounded in action (third occasion), 4 July 1918 (shell wound, hand and arm).

Died of wounds, 61st Casualty Clearing Station, 4 July 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, STANFORD Charles Trevor

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