DALE, Sydney Victor
| Service Numbers: | N480793, NX180258, NX180258, |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Regents Park, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1926 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer's Assistant |
| Died: | Marlee, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 1992, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Marlee Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Nov 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N480793, General Details Depot | |
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| 23 Jan 1945: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX180258, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 16 Jan 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX180258,, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Brisbane for Rabaul on board the Duntroon | |
| 5 Jul 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX180258, 26th Infantry Battalion, embarked Rabaul for Sydney on board the Kanimbla | |
| 23 Jan 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX180258, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Second of two brothers (Elbert and Sid) who served in WWII, Private Sydney Victor Dale (Service Nos:N480793/NX180258) initially enlisted in the ACMF on 22 November 1944 with General Details Depot, and marched out to 14 Infantry Training Battalion when he enlisited in the AIF on 8 March 1945. Private Dale was attached to 55/53 Infantry Battalion on 16 January 1946 when he embarked from Brisbane for Rabaul on board the Duntroon, and was attached to 26th Infantry Battalion when he embarked from Rabaul for Sydney on board the Kanimbla on 5 July 1946. Private Dale was attached to 26th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 23 January 1947.
Sid was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1926, seventh of eight children of Ethelbert (Bert) Dale (b1890 in Brighton, Victoria) and Lucy Olive Follan (b1890 in Strathfield, New South Wales). Bert was a Tanner in Sydney in 1910 when he and Lucy married in Adelong. They settled in Sydney, where they raised their family and Bert worked as a Tanner. His application to enlist in the AIF in 1916 was unsuccesful (Unfit), and he served in the ACMF in WWII.
Sid was an unemployed Grocer's Assistant in Sydney in 1944 when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge in 1947 Sid returned to Sydney, and was a Grocer's Assistant in 1952 when he married Dorothy May MacConnell (b1934 in Sydney, New South Wales). Sid and Dorothy lived in Sydney and Penrith, where they raised their family - Sid worked as a Grocer's Assistant, Grocer and Labourer. Dorothy died in 1985 and Sid in 1992.
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