Stanley, George Seymour, 1893 - 1917

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Name George Seymour Stanley, 1893 - 1917BiographyDate of Birth: 25 September 1893, Strathpine (Qld.) Date of Death: 10 October 1917, Polygon Woods, Ypres, Belgium Buried: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Memorial Lawnton Cemetery, Queensland George's parents were Thomas Stanley and Mary Ann Dooner. The Stanley family came to Strathpine in the 1800s. George was just five years old when his father passed away in 1898, his mother Mary Ann was left to raise him and five older siblings alone. George enlisted on 26 February 1916 in Brisbane. His unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916. George was killed in action aged 23. Interviews conducted by the Red Cross with men in hospital and returning on ships in 1919 indicate that an artillery shell made a direct hit on the trench occupied by George and several other men.Birth date25 September 1893Death date10 October 1917

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Stanley, George Seymour, 1893 - 1917