Samuel Russell BYCROFT

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BYCROFT, Samuel Russell

Service Number:	1921
Enlisted:	18 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1885
Home Town:	Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bathurst Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 22, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1921, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1921, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1921, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Elizabeth Bycroft of Bathurst, NSW. Brother of Joseph Thomas Bycroft of Taree, NSW, Margaret Faith Cairney nee Bycroft, Claire Bycroft, Joseph Bycroft, William Bycroft, Charles Bycroft, Waldon Bycroft, Ellen Cubis nee Bycroft and Mildred Johnstone nee Bycroft

Medals; 1914-15 Star, British War Medal,Victory Medal

At the time of enlistment he was employed by the Water & Sewerage Board

He was a memer of the Reserve Rifle Club

Biography contributed by Sylvie Carter

Samuel was a member of the Reserve Rifle Club and came 2nd in the State for his skill in musketry.

Son of John Bycroft and Mary Elizabeth (nee Starr) of Bathurst, NSW. Brother of Ellen Cubis (Nee Bycroft); John Joseph Thomas Bycroft of Taree, NSW; William Albert Bycroft of Belmore Sydney; George Russell Bycroft; George Percy Bycroft; Charles Edward Bycroft of Fairfield, Sydney; Walter Bycroft of Bathurst; Walkden Brown Bycroft; Mildred Johnstone (Nee Bycroft); Charlotte Bycroft; Arthur Bycroft of Bathurst; Florence Knaggs (Nee Bycroft); and Margaret Faith Plenderleith (nee Bycroft) of Bathurst.

He had served both in Egypt and Gallipoli

Samuels medals include the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Memorials to Samuel include at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra; the Bathurst War Memorial Carillon; Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 22), and the Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board WW1 Honour Roll

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