Sydney VICCARS

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Service Number:	2652
Enlisted:	29 March 1915, Enlisted at Portland, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Bakery and Butchery
Born:	Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, 1893
Home Town:	Portland, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian, 07-807-263. Grave is unmarked
Memorials:

29 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Portland, Victoria
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2652, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2652, 14th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery
23 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Josiah King Viccars and Mary Jane Viccars nee Carr of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 HT Sardinia disembarking 8 June 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 14 pril 1920 Sydney married Susannah Smith in the Salvation Army Quarters, Mount Gambier, SA

In July 1923 Sydney was residing in Chute Stree, Mount Gambier, SA