Sydney James ARCHER

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Service Numbers:	2368, 2368A
Enlisted:	8 April 1916, Forbes, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Gloucester, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Gloucester, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

8 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Forbes, New South Wales
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2368, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2368, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2368A, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2368A awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07
Date unknown:	Involvement 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières

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Arrived in Australia aged 26 years

Christian name varies between Sydney and Sidney depending on which person wrote the reports

45 Battalion

Rank - Private

11 October 1916 Disembarked at Devonport, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Archer. Native of Norton, Glos., England. Brother of Herbert Edwin Archer, Green Farm, Norton via Gloucester, England