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DUTTON, Sydney John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2340 |
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Enlisted: | 16 December 1914 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 25 May 1896 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Warehouseman |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Vaire-Sous-Corbie Communal Cemetery On West side Headstone Inscription "THINK OF HIM STILL THE SAME I SAY HE IS NOT DEAD HE IS JUST AWAY", Vaire-sous-Corbie Communal Cemetery, Vaire-sous-Corbie, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2340, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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24 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2340, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
24 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2340, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
8 Aug 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 2340, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2340 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Henry and Eliza Priscilla DUTTON, of 265, Gilles St., Adelaide, South Australia. Born at Walsall, England.