LISTER, Sidney Harold
| Service Number: | 7069 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1917, Enlisted in Sydney. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Booking Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 May 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7069, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Sydney. | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7069, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7069, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Sidney Harold Tom LISTER (Service Number 7069) was born on 11th October 1895 at Orange. He began working for the NSW Government Railways on 14th July 1913 as a temporary junior porter in the Sydney District. He became permanent a month later, and an adult porter on his 21st birthday in 1916. It was from this position that he was released on 10th August 1917 to join the Expeditionary Forces.
Lister enlisted at Sydney the same day. he cited his continuing service of 3½ years with the 3rd/4th Infantry and nominaed his father as his next of kin. He was allotted to the 21st Reinforcement to the 17th Battalion. He embarked on HMAT ‘Euripides’ at Sydney on 31st October 1917 and reached Devonport (England) on Boxing Day.
Lister proceeded overseas to France on 1st April 1918 and was taken on the strength of the 17th Battalion on 16th April 1918.
He was killed in action in France on 14th May 1918. He was buried ‘in the vicinity of Morlancourt’. In the rationalisation of cemeteries after the war, Lister’s remains were located in their makeshift grave and exhumed. They were re-interred in Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, France.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.