MARSHALL, Sydney Alexander Gordon
| Service Number: | 452 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 1 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer's Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Primary School War Memorial, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 452, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 452, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
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Sydney Alexander Gordon MARSHALL was born on 1st June 1898 in Ulverstone Tasmania
His parents were Enoch MARSHALL & Margaret SHIPP
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"MARSHALL.- Killed in action, in France, Private Eric Marshall, grandson of Mrs. and late Sydney Marshall, of Cleveland, Tasmania, aged 20 years. For King and Country." - from the Launceston Examiner 24 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sydney Alexander Gordon Marshall was the youngest one of four sons of Enoch and Margaret Marshall of Ulverstone, Tasmania, who enlisted and served overseas during WW1.
Two of the brothers lost their lives, the oldest, 26/592 Sergeant Abraham Alexander Marshall 4th Battalion 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died of wounds in France on 14 July 1916, age 36.
Another brother, Lieutenant Albert Morris Marshall 15th Battalion was captured by the Germans at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. He was a prisoner of war in Germany for over 18 months.
Another brother, 3171 Corporal Thomas Arnold Marshall 21st Battalion AIF, was three times wounded and returned to Australia in 1919.
Sydney was only 17 years of age when he enlisted in the original 40th Battalion. The unit was sent to the Western Front during late 1916. Sydney was wounded in action during the Battle of Messines in June 1917. He was evacuated to England with a wound to the thigh. After he recovered, he was sent back to the front and he was reported missing near Passchendaele on 13 October 1917. He was later reported to be have been seen to be struck by shellfire on or near that date. Although reported to have been buried on the field with a map reference, his grave was lost after the war.
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