Sydney Graham ISSELL

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Service Number:	912
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 August 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row C, Grave 9 Rev. W.A. Moore officiated, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 912, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
1 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, Promoted prior to embarking previously only Acting Corporal
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 912, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 912, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
22 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 38th Infantry Battalion, At South Hampton, England
29 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 912, Severe gunshot wound to the chest and back. Invalided to England on 5 June 1917
1 Aug 1918:	Involvement 912, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 912 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-01

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Son of Thomas Efford and Emma Issell of 273 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, Vic. later of Heidelberg, Vic.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal