Erockey Sidney POLSON

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Service Number:	7053
Enlisted:	18 October 1916, Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales
Schooling:	Balala Provisional School, Brushgrove, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918
Cemetery:	Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Plot IV, Row E, Grave 55
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7053, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7053, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7053, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Erockey Sidney POLSON was born in Uralla, NSW in 1885

His parents were John Thomas POLSON & Sarah Ann RILEY who married in Wollombi, NSW on 14th April, 1874

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Two of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Reuben Edward POLSON (SN 6809) - 18th Infantry Battalion - returned to Australia in 1919

2. John POLSON /POULSON (SN 3369) - 1st Light Horse Regiment - returned to Australia in 1919