Sydney Joseph STATHAM

STATHAM, Sydney Joseph

    Service Number: 1073
    Enlisted: 24 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Leongatha, South Gippsland, Victoria
    Schooling: Leongatha State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli Peninsula, Dardanelles Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 May 1915
    Cemetery: Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery
    Special Memorial, Grave 41 Headstone Inscription "A DEVOTED SON A TRUSTY FRIEND. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" Chaplain A. Gillison officiated, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1073, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1073, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1073, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    6 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1073, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in action

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of John W. and Mary STATHAM of 605 Canning St., Carlton North, Victoria, Australia. Native of Port Mackay, Queensland.

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Brother of George William Statham who died of wounds on 14 August 1916 while serving with the 59th Battalion. Transported to England where he died at Cambridge, and is buried in the Cambridge Cemetery Grave 3399. Also brother of Thomas Cuthbert Statham

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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