Sydney Thomas Edward KINNEAR

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KINNEAR, Sydney Thomas Edward

Service Number:	361
Enlisted:	20 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Augusta, South Australia, 28 January 1897
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Sacred Heart College, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Oven maker
Died:	Appendicitis, France, Garrison Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 361, 27th Infantry Battalion, Oaklands, South Australia
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 361, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 361, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 361, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

Parents details

Sydney Thomas KINNEAR was born on 28th January, 1897 in Stirling North, South Australia

His parents were Edward KINNEAR and Mary Ellen BROWN

Submitted 10 May 2015 by Elizabeth Allen

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE S. T. E. KINNEAR.

Mrs. M. Kinnear, of Queen-street, Adelaide, has been notified of the death at the front of her son, Private Sydney Thomas Edward Kinnear, of the 27th Battalion, as the result of appendicitis. Educated at the Sacred Heart College, Broken Hill, he was only 19 years of age, and was greatly popular among his comrades." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 27 May 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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