Regimental number | 2015 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
School | Nott Street State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farrier |
Address | 23 Lyne Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Next of kin | Mrs P. Perrett, 23 Lyne Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the Royal Australian Navy; discharged. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alfred and Norah PERRETT, 485 City Road, South Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Geelong |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Taken on strength, 7th Bn, Anzac, 20 November 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Transferred to 59th Bn, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Statement, Red Cross File No 2130907, 1197 Pte J.A.T. COOK, 57th Bn (patient, Harborne Hall VAD Hospital, Birmingham, England), 3 February 1917: 'I knew Perrett. We were together at Fleurbaix on the 19th July 1916. He had an impediment in his speech and stuttered. I was wounded on that day, when we lost so many men of my Battalion near Fromelles (?). The last I saw of Perrett that day was as he lay badly wounded on a stretcher in No Mans (sic) Land. Pte. Wm. Smith of my Coy. told me afterwards that Perrett died before he could be brought back.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PERRETT Stanley Charles
Red Cross File No 2130907 |