Sydney Alexander LOVEDAY

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LOVEDAY, Sydney Alexander

Service Number:	371
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, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 371, Keswick, South Australia
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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Biography 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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