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SMEDLEY, Stanley Cecil

Service Number:	1863
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Yarra Glen, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Killed in action, France, 11 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance, Yarra Glen & District Honour Roll, Yarra Glen Avenue of Honour Monument, Yarra Glen War Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1863, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1863, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion
5 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph and Janet Smedley, of Happy Valley, Yarra Glen, Victoria.