FIFER, Sydney John
| Service Number: | 34742 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1916, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | unknown |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Illness, Concord, Sydney, 15 May 1966 |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 34742, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 34742, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 34742, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 34742, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 9 Mar 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 34742, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Sydney John FIFER was born in Sydney in 1884
His mother was Mary Elizabeth FIFER - father unknown at birth - he is later listed on Sydneys marriage in 1920 as William
He married Vera ADDICOAT in St Saviours Church in Redfern, Sydney in 1920
He enlisted in Sydney on 7th December, 1916 and embarked with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, April 1917 reinforcements on the HMAT Suevic from Melbourne on 21st June, 1917 - he was wounded on 18th September, 1918 and returned to Australia on 18th December, 1918 on the ship Aeneas and discharged as medically unfit on 9th March, 1919
Sydney died on 15th May, 1966 in Concord, Sydney and is buried in the Macquarie Park Cemetery in North Ryde
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