JACOBS, Sydney Arthur
| Service Number: | 1459 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Willunga, South Australia, 19 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 1 June 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1459, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1459, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1459, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1459, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1459 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-06-01 |
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"WILLUNGA, June 13.
News was received by cable on Friday of the death from wounds, of Private Sydney Jacobs. He was a member of the Light Horse which has been engaged in the desert and was severely wounded in a skirmish with either the Arabs or the Turks. He lived nearly all his life in Willunga and was very popular. His death is sincerely regretted. He had been an employee of Messrs. Waye Bros. for about 10 years when he enlisted and was a regular player in the cricket and football teams. "David" as he was familiarly called has "done his bit for King and Country" and given his life in defence of both. His brother, Len, who went through the Gailipoli campaign from the landing to the evacuation is now in France." - from the Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser 16 Jun 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Peter Cates
Sydney was a member of the Willunga IOOF Lodge and Willunga Football Club, and the younger brother of Leonard Thomas Jacobs of Waikerie SA, who also served in the War. An unmarried Blacksmith when he enlisted at Keswick on 23 July 1915, he embarked from Melbourne on 27 October 1915 to serve in the Middle East with 11th/3rd Light Horse Reinforcements. His mates said he had no fear and was kown as 'Rowdy' because he was so quiet.
Syd was injured in action at Kantara to defend the Suez Canal and died at the 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance at Romani from wounds to the head and thigh sustained on 01 June 1916 in a bomb blast. He was butried at Kantars War memorial Cemetery Egypt aged 25 years.
Excerpt from the book 'The Picture of Fortitude with permission by the Willunga Recreational Park.
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