KIRKBRIDE, Stanley Oswald
| Service Numbers: | 18529, 18259, W62175 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1916, 38th Battery Australian Field Ambulance |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Canteen Service |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 12 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Cadet Clerk (WA Railways) |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford State School Honour Roll, Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18529, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, 38th Battery Australian Field Ambulance | |
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| 24 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 18259, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Albany embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jul 1917: | Embarked Private, 18259, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Port Melbourne, Albany | |
| 2 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Field Ambulance | |
| 7 Feb 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 18259, 6th Field Ambulance, per Lancashire as Nursing Staff | |
| 17 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 18259, 6th Field Ambulance |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W62175, Australian Army Canteen Service | |
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| 13 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W62175 | |
| 4 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W62175, Australian Army Canteen Service |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Stanley was the youngest of three sons of John Kirkbride (born 1870 in Yorkshire) and Emma Partington (born 1863 0n Yorkshire). John and Emma married in Sydney NSW in 1885 - eldest son Charles was born in Newcastle NSW in 1887, and Sidney and Stanley were born in Fremantle, WA.
Stanley was a Cadet Clerk with the WA Government Railways in Guildofrd, WA in 1915 when he enlisted in the AIF. He was a Private (Service No: 18259) when he was Discharged in 1919.
Older brother Sidney Harold (born 1895 in Fremantle, WA) served with the AIF 14th Field Artillery Brigade and 53rd Battery as a Gunner (Service No: 1303) from 1915 until he was KIA near Ypres, France in 1917.
Stanley returned to Guildford in WA and worked as a Clerk with the WA Government Railways until 1922. He married Doris Edwina Austin (born 1900 in York, WA) and they lived in Perth where Stanley worked briefly as a Warehouseman, and then returned to work for the WAGR as a Labourer until his retirement in 1961.
During WWII, Stanley served with the ACMF from 1942 to 1944 with Australian Army Canteen Service as a Private (Service No: W62175). He and Doris divorced in 1948. and Stanley died in Nedlands, Perth, WA in 1970