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Charles Stanley BATY

Regimental number1017
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCommercial traveller
AddressVictoria Avenue, Chatswood, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8.75"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs F A Baty, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in No 1 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery; left New Zealand for South America.
Enlistment date7 December 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 28 January 1916
Discharge date7 June 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 30 August 1915.

Admitted to 6th Field Ambulance, Anzac, 16 October 1915 (influenza); transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac, 19 October 1915 (enteric); to St John's Hospital, Malta, 27 October 1915; to St Anthony's Hospital, Malta: to be invalided home (disordered action of the heart); embarked Malta for Egypt, 7 January 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Kanowna', 28 January 1916; disembarked Melbourne; discharged (medically unfit: valvular diseased heart), 7 June 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Charles Frederick BATY.
SourcesNAA: b2455, BATY Charles Stanley

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