SMITH, Sydney Septimus
| Service Number: | 126 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newick, Leives, Sussex, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Newick Council School, Sussex, England |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 19 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 126, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at South Melbourne | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 126, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 126, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 19 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 126, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to the right knee |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 19 years
Next of kin E M Smith of Yew Tree Cottage, Colonels Bank, Charlew, Sussex, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Meda, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
One of four brothers who died in WW1, Septimus was the son of James and Margaret Emma Smith of Yew Tree Cottage, Cornwell's Bank, Newick, Sussex, England.
They lost one son for each year of the war from 1915 to 1918. A fifth son was killed by a train in Perth, Western Australia during 1920.
Septimus’s brothers were,
3469 Private Edward George Smith Royal Sussex Regiment died of wounds 26 July 1916, aged 25.
200583 Corporal Frederick James Smith Suffolk Regiment killed in action 17 April 1917, aged 32.
9591 Private George Spencer Smith Royal Sussex Regiment killed in action 26 April 1918, aged 32.
All four brothers are remembered on the war memorial at Newick.
Sydney had only been in Australia for about twelve months when he enlisted in Melbourne during October 1914. He was working as a market gardener. Sydney served at the Anzac landing and was lightly wounded on 19 May 1915 before he was reported as killed in during August 1915. He has no known grave.
Another brother, 3280 Private Leonard Diplock Smith 46th Battalion AIF, enlisted from Western Australia during 1916. He was returned to Australia on 4 May 1917 with a club foot. He died on 18 December 1920 when he was hit by a goods train when doing a milk round, near Bellevue Railway Station in Perth, Western Australia.