Stanley Richard Carpentar (SN 503) was born at Windermere and attended the local state school. He was a 21 year old labourer when he enlisted on December 11th 1916. After training in Seymour he embarked from Melbourne aboard the Ballarat on February 19th 1917 reaching England on April 25th. In June he crossed over to France to serve with the 10th Machine Gun Company. In November he was wounded in action, gassed, and evacuated to hospital at Wimereux, France, before being transferred to England. While in England, his good record was blemished when he faced a charge of ‘using insubordinate language’, for which he was severely reprimanded. After the war he returned to Australia aboard the Takada, disembarked at Melbourne on September 7th 1919 and was discharged in October. He died in January 1975 at the age of 79.
His service is remembered on the Windermere & Cardigan Roll of Honour.

His brother David also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Stanley Carpenter.