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PILTON, Sydney Garnett

Service Number:	1870
Enlisted:	7 April 1917, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Railway Unit (AIF)
Born:	Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia, 5 February 1896
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman, Commonwealth Railways
Died:	Kurralta Park, South Australia, Australia, 16 January 1980, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Tristania Court, Native Bed 13, Position 021
Memorials:	Eudunda Arch Gates, Peterborough 5th Railway Unit Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

7 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
11 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, 1870, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, 1870, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
Date unknown:	Wounded 1870

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Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.