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FERRES, Sydney Eversley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 194 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Toora, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Buttermaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Emerald Avenue of Honour Plaques, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Toora & District Roll of Honour, Toora School No 2253 Honour Roll, Toora War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 194, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 194, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 194, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Ferres and Caroline Elizabeth Ferres nee Tonkin of Emerald, Gippsland, Victoria, later of 50 Princes Street, Kew, Victoria
Brother of Arthur Reginals Ferres, George Gibson Ferres, William Davey Ferres, Harold Dunstan Gordon Ferres MC & Bar, DSO, MID (twice) who returned to Australia having served with the 5th Battalion, Victoria Maud Ferres, Esther Jane Ferres and Percival Robert W. Ferres
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Member of the Toora Rifle Club
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