Sydney Norman DARGIN

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Service Number:	281
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrical Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 281, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 281, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 281, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
1 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major
29 Apr 1915:	Involvement 281, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 281 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-29

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Son of Johannah (known as Hannah) Dargin of 26 Leinster Street, Paddington, NSW

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

Also served in the Militia for about 10 years