MARCHANT, Sidney Dent
| Service Number: | 2585 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Marrickville, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Railway Supply Detachment |
| Born: | Islington, NSW, 12 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Lewisham, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Public School Newcastle |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Private Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, 18 December 1943, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW North Terrace Wall 16 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2585, Railway Supply Detachment, Marrickville, NSW | |
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| 19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 2585, Railway Supply Detachment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 2585, Railway Supply Detachment, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert and Mary Hannah MARCHANT, 'Dalmeny' 48 Denison Road, Lewisham, NSW
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Marchant, of "Dalmeny," Denison-road, Lewisham, have been advised of the promotion of their son, Sergeant Sidney Dent Marchant, to the rank of lieutenant. Lieutenant Marchant who is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Marchant, of New Lambton, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dent, of Lambton, left Australia with the First Railway Supply Detachment, 11th A.S.C., under Captain (now Major) Milne (cldest son of the late Commissioner Milne) on December 19th, 1914. He was at Gallipoli, and has been for the last 18 months in France. Before enlisting he worked in the office of the superintendant of lines, Sydney.
MR. S. D. MARCHANT
DEAD
ADELAIDE, Sunday. — The town clerk of Unley, Mr. Sidney Dent Marchant, died at a private hospital yesterday, aged 51. He was born in Newcastle, and was town clerk of Botany before coming to Adelaide in May to take over the Unley post. He became ill soon after his arrival here. Mr. Marchant is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Sybil Bragg, of Mosman, and two daughters, Mrs. June Fewtrell and Miss Noel Marchant, a member of the A.W.A.S.
Cremated West Terrace Cemetery and ashes laid at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW.
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