Sydney James COLBERT

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COLBERT, Sydney James

Service Number:	1835
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carisbrook, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Carisbrook, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 26 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carisbrook War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1835, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
14 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1835, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1835, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
26 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1835, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Colbert and Mary Jane Colbert nee Robertson of Carsibrook, Victoria.

Brother of John Colbert who returned to Australia on 4 January 1919 having served with the 39th Battalion and Edward John Colbert who was killed in action on the 11 October 1917 while serving with the 46th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres

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

Also served in the cadets

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Pte 1835 Sydney James Colbert embarked from Egypt on 22 May 1915 and arrived off Gallipoli on 26 May 1915. He was killed in action while disembarking from a destroyer into a barge to be taken to the beach.

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