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COTTRELL, Sydney Salisbury
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 52037 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maitland, South Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dowerin, Dowerin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Western Australia, 7 July 1995 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan, Section HA, Grave 0574 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements | |
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| 8 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 52037, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Albany embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 52037, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, SS Port Darwin, Albany | |
| 4 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 52037, 28th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Sydney Salisbury COTTRELL was born in Maitland, South Australia in 1897
His parents were Frederick William COTTRELL & Annie HARPER
He enlisted in Northam, WA on 17th January 1918 and embarked from Albany, WA on the ship SS Port Darwin on 8th May, 1918 with the Western Australian Reinforcements 1
He returned to Australia on the ship City of Exeter on 12th July, 1919 and was discharged on 4th August, 1919 - he was a Private with the 28th Infantry Battalion
Sydney died in Western Australia (last abode Hollywood, WA) and is buried in Karrakatta Cemetery
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