Royston Stanley CAPEL

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Service Number:	379
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 30 March 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Special Memorial, 3 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba War Memorial

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 379, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 379, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 379, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
18 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion, In the field
24 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion, In the field
30 Mar 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 379, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 379 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-30

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Son of George Capel of 'Campo Santo', Barraba, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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