GASKELL, Sydney Albert
| Service Number: | 3341 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Footscray State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais I Z 23, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3341, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3341, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3341, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 13 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3341, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW (forehead, abdomen and left thigh) | |
| 17 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3341, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Benjamin and Martha GASKELL
PRIVATE SID. GASKELL.
Word was received on August 25th by his relatives that Pte. Sid. Gaskell, of West Footscray, had died of wounds in France. He was 20 years of age and left Australia on October 11, 1915, for active service. For some time, how ever, he was retained as a bandsman at Salisbury Plain, and not until he had volunteered seven times for field service was he drafted to the front. He was there some time before Christmas and took part in some of the hardest fighting in the campaign. Before enlisting he was employed by Mr C. Weyland. He has many relatives in the district.
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