Samuel Russell BYCROFT

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, 1887
    Home Town: Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Bathurst Superior Public School, Bathurst, New South Wales
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    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
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    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

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