Stanley Victor Carthew VINCENT

Regimental number28927
Date of birth4 June 1896
Place of birthTimaru
ReligionNon Conformist
OccupationFarm hand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinFather, A Vincent, 121 Wilson Street, Timaru
Previous military serviceServed in 8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date28 June 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitC Company, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Eliza Vincent, 70 Wilson Street, Timaru
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 11 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 December 1916, and marched into Sling Camp, and reverted to Lance Corporal.

Proceeded overseas to France, 1 February 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 3 March 1917.

Relinquished temporary rank of Lance Corporal, 3 March 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 3 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Buried at Passchendaele near Belle Vue Spur; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 15
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22020806

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