Sydney Gordon CHALLIS

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Service Number:	5996
Enlisted:	13 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Connewarre East, Vic., 1897
Home Town:	Connewarre, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Barwon Heads State School No 1574
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barwon Heads & District Residents Honor Roll, Connewarre & District Soldiers Honor Roll, Geelong Marshalltown Young Mens Club Roll of Honor, Torquay Point Danger War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Waurn Ponds Shire of South Barwon Honor Roll

13 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5996, 14th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5996, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5996, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne

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Son of Harry and Sarah CHALLIS, Verner Street,Geelong, Victoria and was the second of three sons to die in the Great War

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