Sylvanus Henry TYRRELL

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TYRRELL, Sylvanus Henry

Service Number:	1478
Enlisted:	5 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1897
Home Town:	Martins Creek, Dungog, New South Wales
Schooling:	Martins Creek Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 July 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Martins Creek Public School Memorial Gardens

World War 1 Service

5 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1478, 34th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1478, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1478, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
8 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1478, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW to hand

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.

104 years ago today, on the 18th July 1918, Private Sylvanus Henry Tyrrell, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1478), jockey from Martins Creek, New South Wales, was Killed in Action from shell fire at Sailly-le-Sec, France, age 21.

Born at Barraba, New South Wales on the 20th February 1897 to William James (died 20.6.1951, name not inscribed on plaque) and Christina Agnes (died 11.11.1934) Tyrrell of Martins Creek, New South Wales and 10 Morgan Street, Islington, N.S.W. and Allworth Street, Merewether, N.S.W. and Chalmers Road, Wallsend, N.S.W., Sylvanus enlisted February 1916 at West Maitland, N.S.W.

Wounded in action - 8.5.1918 (GSW hand).

Sylvanus is resting at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France. Plot IX Row A Grave 7.

Mr. Tyrrell’s name has been inscribed on the Book of Gold, Martins Creek Memorial Hall and First World War Honour Roll, Martins Creek Public School Memorial Gardens and the Gresford School of Arts War Memorials.

There is no memorial inscription on parent’s gravesite plaque to tell us of the tragic loss of their son during The Great War, so I have placed a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Sylvanus’s supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country.

Older brother William James (7th Australian Light Horse Regiment & 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Reg No-1798, born 1895, died 13.4.1977, Northern Suburbs Crematorium) also served 1st A.I.F.

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

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