Sydney Herbert YATES

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Service Number:	21294
Enlisted:	26 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 September 1893
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 29 April 1964, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland General area. Headstone inscription reads: Till we meet again
Memorials:

26 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21294, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane QLD
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 21294, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 21294, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
11 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 23rd Field Artillery Brigade (disbanded Jan 1917), From 9th Field Artillery Brigade
6 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Division Artillery , From 23rd Field Artillery Brigade
4 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , From details with the 3rd Divisional Artillery
11 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 12th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 21294, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed
20 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 21294, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of William Herbert Yates and Ruth Yates nee Smith of Woondooma Street, Bundaberg, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on 4 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Britsh War Medal, Victory Medal

On 27 January 1923 Sydney married Una Marion Hay in QLD