Sydney Laurence EMMERSON DCM

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EMMERSON, Sydney Laurence

Service Number:	13/795
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Unspecified New Zealand Army Units
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 23 February 1890
Home Town:	Landsborough, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Illness, Palestine, 19 October 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Jerusalem War Cemetery Q. 125.
Memorials:	Landsborough Memorial Wall

World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1918:	Involvement Other Commonwealth Forces, Sergeant, 13/795, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

DCM. Khurbet Hadra, Palestine 25 November 1917. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On his officer becoming a casualty during an attack on an outpost, he took charge of his section and withdrew it to the main infantry position, after all his gunners had become casualties and one gun had been put out of action. Through his energetic and courageous efforts he kept all the other guns in action until all the troops had been withdrawn from the ridge." London Gazette 28 March 1918, p3893

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