Sydney Chester THOMAS

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THOMAS, Sydney Chester

Service Number:	2868
Enlisted:	27 July 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burnside, South Australia, 8 August 1895
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerical Officer
Died:	17 September 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia South East, Individual Rose Bed 1, Position 414.
Memorials:	Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2868, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2868, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2868
25 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2868, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Father and Mother Lucy Warner Thomas (nee ____)
Park Terrace, Eastwood, South Australia.

Next of kin in service:
Brother: Sapper THOMAS, Cyril Mervyn returned, December 1918.

Sydney last lived with his mother at

Described on enlisting as 19 years old; single;
Church of England.

27/7/1915 Enlisted from Adelaide
with his two best friends 2855 Ernest Henry Les MacLaren and 2860 Geof Allan O'Dell

27/10/1915 Embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A24 Benalla
as a Private with the 6th Quota of reinforcements for the 27th Battalion AIF.

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Returned to Australia April 1919.

25/7/1919 Discharged from service

17/9/1968    Sydney passed away   (73 years old)
buried in:     Centennial Park Cemetery
                   South East, Individual Rose Bed 1, Position 414
                   Pasadena, South Australia

Sourced and submitted by Sharyn Roberts (20/1/2015) and Julianne Ryan 28/1/2015. Lest we forget.

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