DYMOND, Samuel Henry
| Service Number: | 5077 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Thomastown Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5077, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5077, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
The Coldridge Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 records the name of a Private Samuel Henry Dymond of the Australian Infantry. Believed to have been a son of .Henry and Emma Dymond of Coldridge, and there is a fair match on birth registration in the area around the correct date, except the middle name does not match.
Births Dec 1890 Dymond Samuel Hayman S. Molton 5b 395.
The Coldridge Roll of Honour hangs on a wall of the Parish Church of St. Matthew. It contains the names of 43 men associated with the parish who fought in the Great War 1914 - 1918. Surmounted by an illuminated title and border, is a hand-written list of those who served, the names of those who did not come home being underlined.
Private Sam Sloman (Phillips), 25th Battalion Australian Infantry-Australian Imperial Force, Service Number 960 who died 14/11/1916-aged 34/35 was from the same vilage.
[VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL]
He was the son of Mrs. Ann Sloman, of Peeks Leigh, Coldridge, Devon, England.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother fell while serving with British forces. He was Driver or Gunner William J Dymond of the Royal Horse or 81st Bde. Field Artillery. Service Number 72164 Died 17/11/1915-Born in Coldridge in 1889.
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