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Stanley Sturt Edgar GUM

Regimental number6563
Place of birthNairne, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressAmyton, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 10.5"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M J Gum, Amyton, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 July 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 27 September 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary Jane GUM
Discharge date6 March 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3834 Lance Corporal Thomas Samuel GUM, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Suevic', 27 September 1919; discharged (medically unfit: anaemia), Adelaide, 6 March 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death5 May 1924
Age at death31
Place of burialAIF Cemetery (6 East 5), West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, GUM Stanley Sturt Edgar

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