LOVEDAY, Sydney Alexander
| Service Number: | 371 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ethelton, South Australia, 9 September 1880 |
| Home Town: | Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Private School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Australian Harbours Board WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead WW1 Harbors Board Employees Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 371, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 371, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 371, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 371, 27th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born: 9 September 1880 in Ethelton, South Australia
(SA Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 246 Page: 480 District: PtA.)
Father Richard John Loveday - b. 1844 Yorkshire, England - d. 3/8/1925, Norwood, SA
(left family when Sydney was 5 years of age)
1921 - he was living c/o Old Men's Retreat, Beaumont, SA; and
Mother Jane Hampton Loveday (nee Lauder/Lawder) - b. 1846 - d. 31/12/1905 Exeter, SA
Siblings:
Richard John LOVEDAY - b. 7/11/1864 Reedbeds, Adelaide, SA
Ann Elizabeth LOVEDAY - b. 22/11/1865 Bowden, SA - d. 15/3/1866 Reedbeds, SA
Ellen Irvine LOVEDAY - b. 28/6/1867 Reedbeds, SA - d. 4/10/1868 One Tree Hill, SA
Edith Alice HAGAN (nee LOVEDAY) - b. 2/5/1873 Salisbury, SA - d. 9/4/1921
m. Thomas Hagan
Horace Percival LOVEDAY - b. 28/1/1877 Para Hills, SA
Edith Marion LOVEDAY - b. 5/11/1870, Reedbeds, SA - d. 5/8/1871, Reedbeds, SA
David Lawder LOVEDAY - b. 1878 lived at Walker Street, Birkenhead, SA
Julia McKenzie LOVEDAY - b. 1882
Sydney lived at his Sister Edith's address, Woolnough Road, Exeter, SA, on enlisting.
Nephew in service (son of Edith):
Lieutenant Thomas Percival HAGAN - 32nd Infantry Battalion
b. 21/6/1894 - known as "Percy"
lived at Woolnough Road, Exeter, South Australia
08/08/1914 enlisted into WWI
18/11/1915 embarked Outer Harbour, SA onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Lieutenant with 32nd Battalion, B Company
19/07/1916 Killed in Action
Percy is known to have reached the German support trenches with the 32nd,
in spite of impossible odds.
No known grave
He is commemorated on:-
- V.C. Corner (Panel No 4), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
- Panel 120 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Sydney was described on enlisting as 33 years 4 months of age; 5' 5.5" tall; 126 lbs;
fair complexion; grey eyes; fair hair; Church of England
Previous military service:
Served in the Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine.
27/01/1915 enlisted into WWI at Keswick, SA
27/01/1915 appointed to 'C' Company, 27th Infantry Battalion, Oaklands Park
31/05/1915 embarked Outer Harbour, SA onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Private with 27th Battalion, C Company
04/09/1915 embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces in Gallipoli
10/01/1916 disembarked into Alexandria, ex Mudros
16/03/1916 proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
21/03/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
08/05/1917 granted furlo (leave) to England, ex France
20/05/1917 rejoined unit
09/08/1917 permanently detached to 2nd Division Signal Company in France
16/09/1917 rejoined 27th Infantry Battalion, France
20/09/1917 killed in action at the Battle of Menin Road, Belgium
Private (Signaller) with 27th Infantry Battalion
No known grave
His name is commemorated on:
- Panel 23 at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
- Panel 110 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
- the South Australian Harbors Board WWI Memorial, Birkenhead, Port Adelaide, SA
Medals: 1914/15 Star (22023); British War medal (13210); Victory medal (13150)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (331245)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 17/04/2017. Lest we forget.
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