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Stanley SEDGMAN

Regimental number743
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
SchoolBrunswick Central State School, Vcitoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationCoachsmith
Address151 Evans Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kin..., Mrs Emily Moore Sedgeman, 151 Evans Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 April 1918
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death24.8
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot X, Row A, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Emma SEDGMAN, 151 Evans Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Medals

Military Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry during the assualt on the BULLECOURT Trenches on 3rd May, 1917. With his Lewis Gun he established an isolated post in a shell hole on our left flank and remained there with C.S.M. Power for 48 hours. during this period he repeatedly brought effective fire to bear on the enemy, replenishing his ammunition from the dead in the vicinity. He returned to our lines only on exhausting his ammunition and after receiving 3 wounds.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917

Family/military connectionsTwo cousins, killed in action.

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