LEST WE FORGET
Air Mechanic First Class Stanley Herbert NEWTON
Service No: 1778
Born: Kimberley, South Africa, March 1895
Enlisted in the Army: 19 February 1917
Unit: No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Illness (Pneumonia), France, 30 October 1918, Aged 23 Years
Buried: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Rembrandt Newton and Hester Magdalene Newton, of 1, Stratford Avenue, Kew, Victoria, Australia. Native of Kimberley, South Africa
Place of Association: Newcastle NSW
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, NEWTON STANLEY HERBERT
Bibliography:
Muller, P. (Peter) and Hutchinson, J. (John) Secrets Revealed: a brief history of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, Lutheran Publishing House Adelaide SA 5000, 1991
Wrigley, H.N. (Henry Neilsen) (6) The Battle Below: Being the history of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Errol G. Knox Sydney NSW, 1935