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  • Stanley Witcombe †

confirmed

Born: 1 January 1896

Died: 25 February 1917

Killed in action near Bapaume.

Photograph of original grave site on AWM sitehttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P03474.001
 (link in Main Sources below).

Name recorded
  • Stanley Witcombe
Service number
  • Service number 4537
Rank
  • Held rank of Private
Birth record
  • 1896 in Mosman, NSW, Australia
Death records
  • Died on service
  • 25 February 1917 in Le-Sars, Pas-de-Calais, France
Address
  • Briston, 14 Cabramatta Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Father - Robert James Burton Witcombe
  • Mother - Sarah Elizabeth Nurse Jarvis
  • Sister - Martha Julia Witcombe
  • Sibling - Edwin Lee Witcombe
  • Brother - Stirgess Jarvis Witcombe
Organisation
  • 20th Battalion, AIF
Main sources
  • WITCOMBE Stanley : Service Number - 4537 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Casula NSW : Next of Kin - (Sister) WITCOMBE Martha (item)
  • Find War Dead (webpage)
  • WAR CASUALTIES. KILLED IN ACTION. PRIVATE S. WITCOMBE. (newspaper article)
  • Death Notices (newspaper article)
  • On Active Service. [In Memoriam, 1919] (newspaper article)
  • Original grave site of 2253 Lance Corporal Alexander Cullen of Leichhardt, NSW, and 4537 Private Stanley Witcombe, of Mosman, NSW. [Photograph] (website)
Commemorations
  • WITCOMBE S. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
  • Witcombe, Stan on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
  • Witcombe, S. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour

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