KINGSLAND, Sydney John
| Service Number: | 1371 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Cray, Sidcup, Kent, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ship's steward- Merchant Navy.-formerly a Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Hill 60 Cemetery and Hill 60 (NZ) Memorial Grave Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 1, Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1371, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1371, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1896 Kingsland Sydney John Bromley 2a 441.
Resident 4 Suffolk Road, Foots Cray ; remembered on the Sidcup War Memorial & Foots Cray Memorial and on the Bexley Roll of Honour.
Son of George & Edith Kingsland .
Article & photo in "For King & Country": Chislehurst War Memorial, copy in BLSAC, Sidcup & District Times 29 October 1915 ; In 1911 census he described himself as a porter. Emigrated to Australia 1912.
Address in Australia
2 St Marys Terrace, Lower Domain, Sydney, New South Wales.
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs Edith Kingsland, 19 Suffolk Road, Footscray, England
Enlistment date 6 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 4 May 1915.
Unit name
18th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/35/1
Embarkation details-Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
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