LEST WE FORGET
Air Mechanic Second Class Stanley Noel MARSDEN
Service No: 2628
Born: Parramatta NSW, 20 November 1896
Enlisted in the Army: 3 December 1917
Unit: Training Depot, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Injuries, England, 5 April 1918, Aged 21 Years
Buried: St Mary Churchyard, Wendover, Buckinghamshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Emma Marsden, of 260, Church St., Parramatta, New South Wales
Place of Association: Parramatta NSW
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Parramatta War Memorial, Parramatta NSW
A Coroner’s Inquest found that Air Mechanic Marsden committed suicide while of an unsound mind. He allowed himself to be knocked down by a train at Bacombe Bridge, near Wendover. The inquest was presented with evidence of previous metal problems in Australia before enlistment and that his father had suicided in 1917.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, MARSDEN STANLEY NOEL
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line