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Archibald Job STANTON

Regimental number1087
Place of birthCygnet, Tasmania
SchoolBattery Point School, Hobart, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationWheelwright
Addressc/o Mrs Susan Stanton, 220 Campbell Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMrs Susan Stanton, 220 Campbell Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 April 1918
Place of death or woundingBuire, Somme Sector, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 32), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Cornelius and Susan Elizabeth STANTON, 39 Myrtle Street, South Yarra, Victoria. Native of Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-Law: Private A.B. Wineon. Cousin: Private W. Pitt, died. Cousin: Private W. Stanton, died. Brother: Private C.P. Standon invalided home after serving two and a half yeaars active service.

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