STANTON, C 33rd Battalion Pte 5087A
Died of wounds 2/6/17.
I knew Stanton, he was in D.Co.XV Platoon, his initial was C. or S. He came over as a 17th Reinf. To 13th Battn. He was about 5ft8, fair, thickset. He was killed in Ploegsteert Wood, a few days before the battle of Messines in June 1917. I did not see it happen but was told about it at the time by a Pte H.H.Clark (also of D.Co.XV Platoon) who was a mate of Stanton, that he had helped to bury Stanton in the wood. Clark told me that Stanton had been killed outright. Clark was wounded after Stanton was killed and before the battle of Messines. I was a Lance Cpl, before Messines and both Clark and Stanton were in my section. I did not know any other Stanton in the Battn. and there was only one Stanton in D. Co. 5087A would be about Stanton's number.
Informant: A'Hern, J. Pte 1054
33rd Battn. D, Co. X Platoon.
No.4 Australian General Hospital,
RANDWICK.
N.S.C. 27/11/17
A reliable witness.
SYDNEY BUREAU.
From my Stanton family tree, a nephew of my great grandmother Stella Clausen of Soldiers Avenue, Freshwater (renamed Harbord 1922, then back to Freshwater 2008). NSW, Sydney Australia.