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Stanley Vincent DOLTON

Place of birthCroydon, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolFort Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address75 Edgecliffe Road, Woollahra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, A Dolton, 75 Edgecliffe Road, Woollahra, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 8 years in Naval Brigade, New South Wales.
Enlistment date30 March 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name13th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 November 1916
Place of death or woundingGuedecourt, near Bapaume, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 1), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Mary Jane DOLTON, 75 Edgecliffe Road, Woollahra, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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