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Stanley LANCASTER

Regimental number167
Place of birthStawell, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressDawson Street, Stawell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, John Lamcaster, Dawson Street, Stawell, Victoria
Enlistment date2 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted January 1915, served with the 23rd Battalion in Gallipoli, and took part in the evacuation.
FateKilled in Action 3 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialH.A.C. Cemetery (Plot VII, Row G, Grave No. 4), Ecoust-St. Mein, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: JOHN AND ADA Lancaster, Dawson Street, Stawell, Victoria

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