LOCK, Stanley Moore (1897-1964)
LOCK, Stanley Moore (1897-1964)
Stanley Moore Lock was born in January 1897, the son of Phillip Henry Lock and Annie nee Kirby. , of Timor Street, Warrnambool, he was educated at Warrnambool College before becoming a boarder at Geelong College in February 1911. His address at address was Timor St, Warrnambool. He left in December 1912.
He was working as an engineer during World War I when he enlisted (No 2389) in the AIF on 10 April 1915, aged 18, in the 7th Reinforcement Group to 8 Battalion. He embarked on HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915. In Egypt he transferred to 59 Battalion, serving through the campaigns with that battalion until he returned to Australia, embarking on 1 August 1919.
'While in England he was charged on two occasions, and court-martialled, on the the first, on 12 May 1917, he was charged with being absent without leave from 27 December 1916 until 23 January 1917, impersonating an officer of His Majesty’s Forces, by wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant, resulting in dismissal from the service, however this was commuted to reduction to the ranks and forfeiture of 76 days’ pay; on the second occasion he was charged again with being absent without leave from 11 May 1917 until 26 May 1917, impersonating an officer of His Majesty’s Forces, by wearing the uniform of Captain, and with defrauding the Daimler Company Limited of the sum of ₤9.2.0, resulting in a years’ detention, suspended on his return to France, and forfeiture of 428 days’ pay.
A further charge was laid, ‘while on active service absenting himself without leave from 30 September 1918 until apprehended by Military Police in Paris on 11 October 1918’. On this occasion he was subjected to seventy days detention. His final flirtation with the authorities was being absent without leave from Hurdcott from 20 February 1919 until apprehended on 4 April, and fraud in that he forged a signature to a cheque, and was sentenced to nine months detention, part of which he served after his return to Australia.'
Stanley Moore Lock was born in January 1897, the son of Phillip Henry Lock and Annie nee Kirby. , of Timor Street, Warrnambool, he was educated at Warrnambool College before becoming a boarder at Geelong College in February 1911. His address at address was Timor St, Warrnambool. He left in December 1912.
He was working as an engineer during World War I when he enlisted (No 2389) in the AIF on 10 April 1915, aged 18, in the 7th Reinforcement Group to 8 Battalion. He embarked on HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915. In Egypt he transferred to 59 Battalion, serving through the campaigns with that battalion until he returned to Australia, embarking on 1 August 1919.
'While in England he was charged on two occasions, and court-martialled, on the the first, on 12 May 1917, he was charged with being absent without leave from 27 December 1916 until 23 January 1917, impersonating an officer of His Majesty’s Forces, by wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant, resulting in dismissal from the service, however this was commuted to reduction to the ranks and forfeiture of 76 days’ pay; on the second occasion he was charged again with being absent without leave from 11 May 1917 until 26 May 1917, impersonating an officer of His Majesty’s Forces, by wearing the uniform of Captain, and with defrauding the Daimler Company Limited of the sum of ₤9.2.0, resulting in a years’ detention, suspended on his return to France, and forfeiture of 428 days’ pay.
A further charge was laid, ‘while on active service absenting himself without leave from 30 September 1918 until apprehended by Military Police in Paris on 11 October 1918’. On this occasion he was subjected to seventy days detention. His final flirtation with the authorities was being absent without leave from Hurdcott from 20 February 1919 until apprehended on 4 April, and fraud in that he forged a signature to a cheque, and was sentenced to nine months detention, part of which he served after his return to Australia.'
Source
Based on an edited extract from Geelong Collegians at the Great War compiled by James Affleck. p 236 (citing Pegasus; National Archives).