Sydney Charles PAGE

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PAGE, Sydney Charles

Service Number:	1229
Enlisted:	17 February 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 30 July 1879
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Parkside Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Cabinetmaker
Died:	Shell wound to abdomen, France, 15 June 1918, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot 2, Row D, Grave 7, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Myrtle Bank War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1229, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Adelaide, SA
12 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1229, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 1229, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
6 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
1 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1229, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Shell wound to abdomen
15 Jun 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 1229, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1229 awm_unit: 3 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-15

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Sydney Charles PAGE was born in North Adelaide, South Australia on 30th July, 1879

He was one of 13 children to Charles PAGE and Emily Eliza PERRYMAN

He enlisted on 17th February, 1916 in Adelaide and embarked with the 3 Pioneer Battalion, D Company from Melbourne on the HMAT Wandilla on 6th June, 1916

He was wounded on 1st June 1918 with shell wounds to his abdomen and transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station

Sydney died from his wounds on 15th June, 1918 and was buried in Crouy British Cemetery. His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

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