FIELD, Sydney
| Service Number: | 7365 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1917, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7365, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7365, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7365, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7365, 10th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, SW left thigh |
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Before the war
Sydney Field was 34 years old and he was born in London, England in approximately July 1882. He grew up here and then later on in Sydney’s life he left London to go and live in Kent Town, South Australia, Australia. In Kent Town, he worked as a builder’s laborer. He was not married and there is not any information about family members that he had. But it says that his next of kin was one of his friends which was listed as G. Summers. He was 5 feet and 2 inches tall, he weighed 120 pounds, he had brown eyes and brown hair.
During the war
Sydney Field was enlisted on the 28th of February in 1917. He enlisted in the 10th battalion, where he was a part of the 24th reinforcement. His regimental number was 7365. His rank was private. This is the lowest military rank.
After Sydney enlisted for the war, he did many months of hard training to make sure that he was ready to fight in the war. After this training, Sydney embarked for WW1 on the 23rd of June 1917. He embarked on a ship called the HMAT BORDA. He rode this ship to England and from there travelled to France where he fought most of his time with the 10th battalion. He joined the 10th Battalion on 2nd January 1918.
He was wounded in action on 24th April 1918 at Kemmel, where he suffered a shell wound to the left thigh. He was evacuated to England where he recovered from the wound and then from a bout of influenza. He rejoined thw 10th Battalion in France on 20th September 1918. He boarded a ship to return to Australia on 21st March 1919.
After the War
Sydney managed to survive the war and he arrived back in Australia on the 7th of May in 1919. He served for a total of 2 years and 118 days. 1 year and 319 of those days were spent serving abroad. Sydney was awarded two awards for the time that he served in WW1. He received the British war medal. This was also awarded for service. The other award he received was the Victory Medal, which was also rewarded for service. After this war, Sydney did not do any further fighting, and he did not participate in any wars like WW2.
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