Stanley Birch (SN 2568) was born at Clunes but was a 21 year old labourer from Park Street in Ballarat when he enlisted on May 27th 1915. He joined the 6th Battalion and departed from Melbourne on the Anchises in August. In late October he landed at Gallipoli but within two weeks had fallen ill and been evacuated to the 3rd General Hospital at Mudros on the island of Lemnos. After Gallipoli his battalion served in France where in October 1917 he was wounded in action, suffering gunshot or shrapnel wounds to his mouth and ribs. It seems his mouth wound was minor but the fractured ribs required his evacuation to England. He returned to his battalion in France in February 1918 but in August he was wounded for a second time, suffering gas poisoning and a week later he was admitted to the Beaufort War Hospital in Bristol. While in England the Armistice was signed so he returned to Australia on the Nestor, disembarking at Melbourne on February 1st 1919. He died in September 1979 at age 79, suggesting he may have significantly overstated his age when he enlisted.