Sydney Wentworth ADDISON

ADDISON, Sydney Wentworth

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 15 October 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born: Huon, Hobart, Tas., 31 January 1887
Home Town: Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Journalist
Died: February 1963, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Cremation Only
Memorials: Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

15 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Vic.
25 Oct 1916: Involvement Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916: Embarked Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

War Service

Born 31 January 1887 at Huon, Hobart, Tasmania
Son of Captain J E ADDISON
Of Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Occupation prior to enlisting: Journalist
Enlisted: 15 October 1916
Embarkation: 25 October 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Ulysses’
Age: 29 years
Served in Egypt
Returned to Australia: 17 April 1919 per ‘Pt Sydney’
Appointment Terminated: 6 May 1919
Awarded OBE
Mentioned in Despatches on 2 occasions

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Biography

Son of Captain J E ADDISON