Corporal Stanley Lawrence

Stanley Lawrence was born at Montreal, Quebec, on 9 June 1907. Before the war he worked in printing and later for the City of Westmount, and at enlistment described his occupation as chauffeur. He enlisted at Montreal on 14 September 1939 as D-91519 in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and went overseas in January 1940. He served in the United Kingdom, where he rose from Private to Corporal and qualified as a driver. In 1944 he developed a serious gastric ulcer, was returned to Canada for treatment and was discharged at Montreal South on 16 August 1944 as medically unfit for further military service. His awards included the Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45 and War Service Badge. He and his wife Georgette had two children. Stanley Lawrence died at Milford, Connecticut, on 22 August 1971.

1907-06-09 — Born.
1939-09-14 — Enlisted as a Private in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps; joined 2nd Division Ammunition Company.
1939-11-22 — Transferred within the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps to a Corps Troops Ammunition Company establishment.
1940-01-27 — Embarked aboard Empress of Australia for overseas service.
1940-02-09 — Disembarked in the United Kingdom.
1940-11-02 to 1940-11-09 — Granted leave of absence.
1941-07-02 to 1941-07-24 — Granted privilege leave with travel warrant.
1941-10-17 — Granted privilege leave.
1942-03-01 — Appointed Acting Lance Corporal.
1942-03-14 to 1942-03-24 — Attached to Canadian Corps headquarters.
1942-04-27 to 1942-04-28 — Attached to Headquarters, 1st Canadian Army; then taken on strength in the headquarters sequence.
1942-05-01 — Appointed Acting Corporal.
1942-07-14 — Qualified Driver i/c (wheeled).
1942-08-01 — Confirmed in the rank of Corporal.
1942-08-25 to 1942-09-01 — Granted privilege leave.
1942-11-20 to 1942-11-27 — Granted privilege leave without warrant.
1943-01-14 — Struck off strength to Headquarters, 2 Canadian Corps.
1943-01-15 — Taken on strength from Headquarters, 1st Canadian Army.
1943-06-02 — Next-of-kin/home address changed to 2245 Dorchester Street West, Montreal.
1944-01-15 — Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp recorded.
1944-02-12 — Admitted with gastric ulcer after recurrent epigastric pain.
1944-03-11 — Medical Board reviewed gastric ulcer while he was hospitalized and recommended further hospitalization and observation.
1944-04-21 — Discharged from hospital after improvement and transferred into repatriation/holding administration.
1944-05-13 — Struck off strength Canadian Army Overseas / No. 1 N.E.T.D. for return to Canada.
1944-05-14 — Returned to Canada.
1944-05-27 to 1944-06-25 — Granted disembarkation leave and ration allowance.
1944-06-27 — Admitted for continued treatment/investigation of gastric ulcer.
1944-07-14 — Discharged from Montreal Military Hospital.
1944-07-15 to 1944-07-20 — Granted sick leave following hospitalization.
1944-07-27 — Medical Board reviewed persistent peptic/gastric ulcer and recommended P5.
1944-08-16 — Discharged as unable to meet required military physical standards.
1971-08-22 — Died.