Sydney HEATH

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Service Number:	3155
Enlisted:	30 September 1916, Enlisted in Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bullahdelah, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Annadale, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Bullahdelah Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Ship's Steward
Died:	Died of wounds, Hargicourt, France, 30 September 1918
Cemetery:	Hargicourt Communal Cemetery Extension Row B, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: A Soldier gone to God above he gave his life for a noble cause, Hargicourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulahdelah St. John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Bulahdelah War Memorial

30 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3155, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Sydney, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3155, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3155, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
24 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3155, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed
30 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3155, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Multiple shell wounds

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Son of Sydney Charles and Edith Lillian Heath of Langley Vale, NSW; brother of John McLeod Heath who was killed in action on the 13 October 1917

23 January 1917 - to hospital with Mumps

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal