CANT S.

Given Names:  Stanley Percy

Service Number:  33417

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, Feb 1917 reinforcements                                                      

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  172236

Age:  18 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Salesman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  136 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/9/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Percy Allan Cant

Gordon Street, Deepdene, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  11/5/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ascanius

Embarked:  23/9/1919                               

Disembarked:  6/11/1919

Unit:  2nd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  19/1/1920                       

Place:  3MD

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  65453

Victory Medal:  63132

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  22/7/1898

Place:  Perth, Western Australia               

Father:  Percy Allen CANT                      

Mother:  Lillian Martha SUMNER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Annie Maud HILL

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/7/1926                          

Place: Caulfield, Victoria                          

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment 2/6/1919 to 24/8/1919

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION