Private Stanley Frank Meloche

Private, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

STANLEY FRANCES MELOCHE WAS THE SON OF FRANCIS AND CAROLINE MELOCHE. STANLEY'S ETHNIC ORIGIN WAS FRENCH CANADIAN. HE WAS AN ELEVENTH GENERATION CANADIAN. STANLEY PLAYED BASEBALL FOR THE AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO BASEBALL TEAM BEFORE THE WAR. HE WAS A BLACK HAIRED, BLUE EYED, MAN WITH A DARK COMPLEXION. STANLEY STOOD 5' 6.5" TALL AND WEIGHED 140 POUNDS WHEN HE ENLISTED. AT THE AGE OF 22 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS STANLEY JOINED THE 99th BATTALION ( ESSEX and KENT SCOTTISH ) ON DECEMBER 12, 1915 AT AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO. HE EMBARKED FROM HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA ON MAY 31st 1916 ON THE SS OLYMPIC. HE DISEMBARKED IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND ON JUNE 8th,1916.STANLEY WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 35th CANADIAN RESERVE BATTALION ON JULY 6th, 1916. HE WAS TRANSFERRED AGAIN TO THE 87th BATTALION ( CANADIAN GRENADIER GUARDS ) IN FRANCE ON AUGUST 20th, 1916. STANLEY DIED FROM A SKULL FRACTURE AS A RESULT OF A GUN SHOT TO THE HEAD WHILE IN ACTION ON JUNE 29th, 1917. HE PASSED THROUGH THE 7th CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. THE LOCAL AMHERSTBURG NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT STANLEY DIED AT THE BATTLE OF LENS.. STANLEY'S FATHER FRANCIS RECEIVED A PLAQUE AND SCROLL AND HIS MOTHER RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UPON STANLEY'S DEATH.

STANLEY'S FILE FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA THAT I RECIEVED IN THE MAIL. REGARDING SOME PERSONAL BACKGROUND STANLEY WAS MY GREAT-GREAT UNCLE