Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Portrait of Pte Stanley Gordon Challen. He returned to
Australia on 5 January 1919 as a member of the 2nd Light
Trench Mortar Battery. Australian War Memorial Collection.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/DA10615
Challen S G Pte 2879A Stanley Gordon 8 Inf Bn 23 Salesman Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Chaucer St, 28
Next of Kin: Challen, J M, father, 28 Chaucer St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 10 Jul 1915
Embarked: SS Makarini 15 Sep 1915
Relatives:
Challen J L G Driver 245 brother (KIA)
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Challen, of 23 Dickens street, Moonee Ponds, have been notified that their son, Pte. Stanley G. Challen, has been wounded and is now in England. Pte. Challen has been on service over three years, this being his first time wounded after serving in Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Another son, Sergt. L. Challen, M.M., was killed in action on 4th January, 1917, after serving 2½ years.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, September 26). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607172
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War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall A-F
St Thomas' Anglican Church
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
Regimental Register
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