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Stanley Rutter CHIVERS

Regimental number4340
Place of birthBurnley, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBrass finisher
AddressCanterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 9"
Weight173 lbs
Next of kinFather, T A Chivers, Railway Station, Quambatook, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 48th Bn, Citizen Military Forces, Melbourne; left the unit to enlist in the AIF.
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Place of enlistmentBroadmeadows, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 21 May 1916
Discharge date23 August 1916
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4769 Company Sergeant Major Albert William CHIVERS, 46th Bn, returned to Australia, 25 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt

Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 16 February 1916 (ingrowing toenail); discharged to duty, 10 March 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 25 March 1916 (knee cartilage), 25 March 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Armadale', 21 May 1916; discharged (medically unfit: dislocated right arm), Melbourne, 23 August 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CHIVERS Stanley Rutter

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