Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Miltiades’ for Egypt 12.2.1916.
Roll Rank T/Cpl.
Roll Unit 28th Battalion, 9th Reinf, AIF.
Short disembarked in Egypt. He marched in to 7th Training Bn. at Serapeum. Short reverted to rank of Private. 2.4.1916 when he joined the 51st Bn. He was appointed as L/Cpl. 14.4.1916. Short entrained to Alexandria, joined BEF and embarked per TS ‘Ivernia’ 5.6.1916 for France. He disembarked at Marseilles, France.12.6.1916. The 51st Bn. saw their first major battle at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm in August and September 1916. During this period Short was promoted to Cpl. in 51st Bn. 28.8.1916. Whilst in engaged in Battle at Mouquet Farm on 3.9.1918, he was reported missing. At first it was thought he may have been taken a POW. However, with no communication from him or others, the Court of Enquiry determined in 23.4.1917 that Short had been KIA 3.9.1916. Short’s body was not located until 1925 when the War Graves Commission re interred his remains and buried him at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery Plot 3, Row C ,Grave 12.- 2 ½ miles east of Albert, France. A Memorial Cross was erected on his grave. The Cemetery is known today as The Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Picardie, France.
Final Rank Cpl., 51st Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Wife remarried and lived in Pingelly, then moved to South Australia. Short’s Mother advised that his two children were in care in an orphanage.
Photos HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P08559.001
             Pozieres under attack by German artillery. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the AWM G01534
             Mouquet Farm 1916. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00005
             Bouzincourt Cemetery, France.  Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC

Information Source
AWM P08559.001. HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01534E. Pozieres under attack by German artillery. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM  E00005. Mouquet Farm 1916. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
CWGC. Bouzincourt Cemetery, France.  Photographer unknown, photograph source  from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission  http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/29901/BOUZINCOURT%20RIDGE%20CEMETERY,%20ALBERT
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Short Stanley Chloride
AWM Embarkation Roll Stanley Chloride Short
AWM Red Cross Files Stanley Chloride Short.
AWM Roll of Honour Stanley Chloride Short.
Wise H. and Coy. Western Australian Post Office Directories

Railway Teerace, West Guildford, WA.
Scott Street, East Guildford, WA.

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