Regimental number | 158 |
Place of birth | Cookley, Worcestershire, England |
Other Names | Stanley Jerman |
School | Wolverley Grammar School, Wolverley, Worcestershire, England |
Other training | Engineer, Colebrookdale Ironworks, Shropshire, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 18 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | Kyabram, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Margaret Ann Dawes, Kyabram, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Able Bodied Driver |
Unit name | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | MIS34.12.1.RANBT1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A39 Port Macquarie on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 158N |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Company Engineers |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Enlisted December, 1914. Left Australia with 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train on 5th June, 1915. Landed Suvla Bay, August, 1915. Was on Gallipoli until evacuation, then Suez Canal, Sinai and Gaza until Train disbanded when he went on to England and joined up with Australian Engineers, June, 1917. Went to France in January, 1918. Wounded first time (May, 1918. Second time (fatally) on 11th July, 1918." Details from Mother.time |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Sailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 39.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 35 |
Place of burial | Crouy British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 2), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and Margaret DAWES, Kyabram, Victoria. Native of Cookley, Worcestershire, England |
Family/military connections | Only relatives fighting were with British Expeditionary Forces. |