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DAVIS, Stanley Howard Campbell

Service Numbers:	619, 85695, N234167
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, E Company
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW)
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1894
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway porter
Died:	Gosford Hospital, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 26 November 1974, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW Ashes scattered in waters of Hardy's Bay, NSW, by his son, Kevin
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World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bugler, 619, 1st Infantry Battalion, E Company
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement 619, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked 619, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bugler, 619, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to right hand, resulting in loss of 2 fingers
18 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bugler, 619, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit after loss of 2 fingers, and sepsis
14 May 1919:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 85695, Special Services AIF, Re-enlistment
27 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 85695, Special Services AIF, Embarked in Sydney on S.S. Willochra
13 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 85695, Special Services AIF, Returned to Australia from England following demobilization, and discharged medically unfit

World War 2 Service

29 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N234167, Served as Sergeant, Infantry Instructor, at Nowra, NSW (also 24 Bn VDC)
30 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N234167, Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW), Discharged due to end of War

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