Sidney Oscar LARSON

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LARSON, Sidney Oscar

Service Number:	6789
Enlisted:	31 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, Broodseinde Ridge, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium was killed by a shell while the Bn was in the German barrage awaiting the signal to advance, - buried between road running through D.28° and main road in D.29 (Sht 28) few hundred yards SE of Zonnebeke , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

31 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6789, 8th Infantry Battalion
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6789, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6789, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney

Pt Sidney Larson

AWM Summary

History / Summary
Awarded to Sidney Oscar Larson who was born at Dulwich Hill, NSW in 1893. He was working as an orchardist when he enlisted in the AIF at Yanco, NSW on 31 July 1916, aged 22. Larson received the service number 6789 and embarked as a private with the 22nd Reinforcements to 8 Infantry Battalion. He was killed on 4 October 1917 during the attack on Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, and has no known grave. His older brother, Eric William Larson, who served with 13 Battalion, had previously died of wounds received at Flers on 9 February 1917.

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