Stanley Lawson

Forenames

Stanley AWMM

Surname

Lawson AWMM

Also known as

Stan AWMM

Service number

• WWI 3/1172 AWMM
• WWII 31178 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Apr 1894 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Anderson's Bay Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Eleanor Lawson (mother), 625 Anderson's Bay Road, Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 3/1172 AWMM
• WWII 31178 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

New Zealand Dental Corps AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1
• WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.108 Unemployed/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.108

Embarkation details

• WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM
• WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.108 No. 1 N.Z. General Hospital, N.Z. Medical Corps 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.108 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

A female impersonator in the "Digger Pierrots" of the New Zealand Army in the First World War.

Stated his date of birth as 7 April 1900 in Second World War embarkation form. AWMM

Death

13 May 1972 AWMM
Age  78 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24060708
  Further Reference
• Elborough, Sophie. Female Impersonation in WWI. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 5 September 2025.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/female-impersonation-i
  Further Reference

References

• McKinney, J. (1952). Medical units of 2NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 409
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.108