Born: 22 January 1891 - Invercargill, NZ
(cert)
Mother: Mary Ann STRANG (née STANFORD)
Father: Daniel STRANG
Married: never
Children: none
First World War Service
Archives NZ ref:
AABK 18805 W5553 0110166
Enlisted: 15 August 1914, Invercargill
Joined: Otago Infantry Regiment (8th Southland Rifles)
Regimental No.: 8/479
Began training in NZ: 15 August 1914
embarked at Port Chalmers (aboard Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay): 15 October 1914
via Wellington: 16 October 1914
via Melbourne, Australia: 28 October 1914
via Albany, West Australia: 1 November 1914
arrived in Egypt: 3 December 1914
admitted to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos: 20 April 1915
(with Pedicule Corpous ??)
discharged: 30 April 1915 (but only written up in records on 10 May)
total NZEF service was 267 days
rank: Private
Died:
Saturday, 8 May 1915 - Daisy Patch, near Krithia (now Alçitepe), Gallipoli, Turkey
(GPS: 40.088016, 26.214361)
(war notification)
Aged: 24
Awarded posthumously:
1914/15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
ANZAC (Gallipoli) Medallion
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MORE INFORMATION
(double click on each, for bigger images)
(looking towards the South-West)
Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery location
Twelve Tree Copse Memorial for New Zealanders
(Stan Strang's memorial is indicated)
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Extract from "Bloody Gallipoli"
outlining the 8 May 1915 Second Battle of Krithia
on the Daisy Patch
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Witness account of his death - Southland Times via Stuff
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