Surname COLLETT
Given Name Stanley Beaconsfield
Category Nominal Roll Vol. 2
Regimental Number 25/1689
Rank Rifleman
Next of Kin Title Mrs R
Next of Kin Surname COLLETT
Next of Kin Relationship Mother
Next of Kin Address Chippenham Wilts England
Roll 27
Page 8
Occupation Clerk
New Zealand War Memorial Project
Collett's service records are online at the
National Library of New
Zealand.
Using Collets service records, I noted from Image 10 his age on enlistment
in Dec 1915 is given as 24 yet the CWGC has his age at death as 37. He
says that he had served for 2 years in the Wilts Yeomanry and left as time
served. Ancestry shows his birth as Apr 1881. His service record (Image
13) shows his date of birth as 24 April 1891. Looks like he lied about his
age to enlist, making himself younger rather than older as most seemed to
do.
Again, using Ancestry, it looks like he emigrated on 4/9/1914 from
London bound for Wellington. Birth is given as about 1881. |