Sylvester ORGAN

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Service Number:	2467
Enlisted:	19 April 1916, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Bective, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Narromine School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Panel 29
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dunedoo District Honour Roll , Dunedoo and District Avenue of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

19 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2467, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
14 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2467, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
14 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2467, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney

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Address given at the time of enlistment was given as 'Lochneil', Dunedoo, NSW

Son of Stephen Organ and Mary Organ of Coonamble, NSW.

During 1912c Sylvester married Annie Susan Wilson, of Park Street, Wellington, NSW, in Narromine, NSW.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal