NUMBER:

VX37083 

BATTALION / UNIT / SHIP:

2/4th Anti -Tank Regiment

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:

Somerville 1 July 1920, could be 16 July

NEXT OF KIN:

His mother Dorothy Johnston was NOK. His father was Frank Lewis Johnston.   

PLACE & DATE OF ENLISTMENT:

24 July 1940

LOCATION ON ENLISTMENT:

Burnley

OCCUPATION:

Labourer

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:

He died of illness on 21 April 1945 in Malaysian Borneo

LOCATION OF GRAVE/MEMORIAL:

He is honoured on the Labuan Memorial East Malaysia

RELATIONSHIP TO WOORAYL SHIRE:

Stanley was born in 1923 in Somerville and the family then lived in Tarwin Lower at Tarwin Meadows. From 1925 until 1937 his father worked at Tarwin Meadows. 

MILITARY/OTHER HISTORY:

The 2/4th Anti-Tank Regiment was an artillery regiment that was raised for service during WWII. It was formed in November 1940. In early 1942, the regiment fought in Malaya and Singapore before being captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese. Most of its personnel became prisoners of war. Over 170 members of the regiment died in captivity including Stan before the end of the war in August 1945.