ervice Number: VX13222
Enlisted: 26 April 1940, Caulfield, VIC
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Kingscote, South Australia, Australia, 19 March 1909
Home Town: Finley, Berrigan, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Warnambool, Victoria, Australia, 24 October 1989, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
26 Apr 1940: Involvement Private, SN VX13222
26 Apr 1940: Enlisted Caulfield, VIC
18 Oct 1945: Discharged
Item details for: B883, VX13222
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Descendants of :
John Stanley BALCHIN was born 10 Jun 1881 in Balaklava, SA and died 1946 in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia. He married Mary Edith BELL 09 Oct 1907 in Kent Town, SA. She was born 30 Jun 1880 in Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 11 Mar 1978 in Victoria, Australia, daughter of Preston Thomas BELL and Mary RIGBYE.
Children of John Stanley BALCHIN and Mary Edith BELL:
i. Raymond Harris BALCHIN was born 19 Jan 1908 in Wisanger, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Julia PRIGG 1937 in Victoria, Australia.
ii. Stanley Preston BALCHIN was born 19 Mar 1909 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Phyllis May ROBARDS 1946 in Parramatta, NSW. She died 1949 in Parramatta, NSW. He married Agnes May WILLIAMS 1950 in Parramatta, NSW.
iii. Roland Benjamin BALCHIN was born 22 Jul 1910 in Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA
iv. Mary Edith BALCHIN was born 13 Jul 1911 in Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA
v. Stella Muriel BALCHIN was born 17 Apr 1913 in Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA
vi. John Howard (Jack) BALCHIN was born 16 Sep 1914 in Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 04 Feb 1990 in Victoria, Australia
vii. Delia Eleanor BALCHIN was born 15 Jul 1916 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 18 Sep 1920 in Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA
viii. Vivian Rigbye BALCHIN was born 02 Jul 1920 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 04 Jul 2002 in Narrabundah, ACT
ix. Philip Lindsay BALCHIN was born 10 Nov 1921 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 1964 in Heidelberg, Victoria
Last updated : 5 June 2021
(Secondary evidence)
Page: Yan 820 440
Text: Given Name(s): Stanley Preston Last Name: BALCHIN Birth Date: 1909, March 19 Gender: M Father: John Stanley BALCHIN Mother: Mary Edith BELL Birth Place/Residence: Cygnet River KI District: Yankalilla Symbol: Book/Page: 820/440
(Secondary evidence)
Text: PERSONAL. (1937, March 19). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191423508
(Secondary evidence)
Page: 14201/1946
Text: 14201/1946 BALCHIN STANLEY PRESTON ROBARDS PHYLLIS MAY PARRAMATTA
(Secondary evidence)
Page: 9360/1950
Text: 9360/1950 BALCHIN STANLEY PRESTON WILLIAMS AGNES MAY PARRAMATTA