Herbert James SYKES

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Service Numbers:	339, Officer
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	London, England, 22 October 1889
Home Town:	Beaconsfield, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Western Australia, Australia, 20 June 1969, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kondinin Cemetery Uniting Church
Memorials:	Kondinin ANZAC Mural

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 339, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 339, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 339, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
27 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the Field
13 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the Field, France
29 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Southampton, England

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Mrs Emily Selina Conway, Edmund Street, Beaconsfield, Fremantle, Western Australia

Husband of Janet Birrell SYKES nee LOVE