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RUSSELL, Sydney Herbert
| Service Number: | 313 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, at Morphettville |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | 5 August 1963, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 313, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Morphettville | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 313, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 313, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 313, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Glenunga International High School
Sydney Herbert Russell was a 25 years old single man, born in Port Lincoln South Australia but living in Cobalt Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Sydney was raised as a member of the Church of England and worked as a miner by day and barman by night. His next of kin was an older man named William Joseph Russell, who was also from Port Lincoln.
Russell enlisted for the Australian Commonwealth Military Force on the 26th of August, 1914 and not long after he embarked on his trip from Adelaide, South Australia. He boarded Transport A11 Ascanius, a steam passenger ship. His role in the army was a solider and was last ranked from the Nominal Roll as a corporal, meaning his duties varied from making sure his fellow members of the army were meeting the military standard for physical activity, job execution, and performance on and off duty.
Sydney lived to see another day and returned to Australia almost 4 years later on the 8th of October 1918. He continued to live his life and had 4 children, Gipen, Jack, Sid and Molly. Although sadly died at aged 75 on the 5th of August 1963, in Springbank. His headstone is still located in West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia in the AIF Cemetery, his service number 313.
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