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CAMERON, Sidney Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2588 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 16 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 August 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2588, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2588, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 2588, 58th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2588 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-15 |
Personal Stories
CAMERON SJ death details
My grandfather Wesley Caddy retrieved Sidney Cameron's body from 'No Man's Land' and dragged him over the parapet on 15 August 1916 in the Somme. In Wesley's Diary he says 'At 1am at Listening Post Cp. Cameron was shot through the head. Instananeous [sic. underlined]. Hard job getting him over the parapet. I was always with him. He only cut my hair six hours before.'
I would like the family to know about this.
Submitted 11 March 2024 by Beth Robertson
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