Sydney Hamilton WELCH

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Service Number:	267
Enlisted:	1 August 1942, Caulfield, VIC
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	Siege Artillery Brigade
Born:	Dry Creek, South Australia, 22 April 1894
Home Town:	Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Mt Lofty High School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Age, Melbourne, Victoria, August 1914
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Memorials:	Queenscliff Royal Australian Garrison Artillery Third Military District Honor Roll

17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 267, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 267, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne

1 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Caulfield, VIC

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1912, B Company, 73rd Infantry, (Victorian Rangers), Stawell, Victoria.(6 June 1912 to 4 May 1915)

August 1914, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, Queenscliff, Victoria.5 May 1915 to 4 June 1915).

1ST AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE (1AIF). Enlisted 4 June 1915, Discharged 25 October 1919.

55 Australian Siege Battery, France.

Company Sergeant-Major, Coronation Contingent 1937.

Australian Instructional Corps 1920-1945.

Retired Australian Regular Army 1 April 1951,