Stanley VINCENT

Regimental number64176
Date of birth8 June 1897
Place of birthWaverley
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Vincent, Hurleyville
Previous military serviceServed in the 11th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date29 June 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 95 Willochra on 22 November 1917
Discharge date16 August 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Posted B Company, 32nd Reinforcement.

Found guilty, 23 October 1917, of drunkness; awarded 14 days' confined to barracks, 14 days' leave stopped.

Posted F Details, 24 October 1917; transferred B Company, 32nd Reinforcement, 26 October 1917.

Embarked Wellington, 22 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, 7 January 1918; marched in Sling Camp, 9 January 1918 and posted Reserve Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment.

Marched out Sling Camp and proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918; marched in NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 23 March 1918.

Posted 1st NZ Entrenching Bn, 27 March 1918.

Posted No 17 Company, 1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 12 May 1918.

Found guilty, 19 June 1918, of (1) being absent from unit lines after 2130 hours, (2) making a false statement; awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Detached to Divisional Lewis Gun School, 11 August 1918; rejoined unit, 24 August 1918.

Posted missing, prisoner of war, 13 September 1918.

Now released from captivity and now in Leith, Scotland, 17 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board HS 'Marama', 9 June 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 17 July 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit due to illness contracted on active service), 16 August 1919.

Total war service: 1 year 360 days (of which 1 year 240 days were abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 August 1975 Taumarunui
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 30
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805