HUXTABLE, Sidney James
| Service Number: | 4365 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Huntspill, District of Highbridge, Somersetshire, England, 17 June 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School and later Newington College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Hospital attendant |
| Died: | Leg wounds-Accidental, Brook War Hospital, Woolwich, England United Kingdom, 11 February 1917, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Greenwich Cemetery, London, England INSCRIPTION - HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM Plot 3 C, Row Z, Grave No. 22, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4365, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4365, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 11 Feb 1917: | Involvement 4365, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4365 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-02-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
4th Bn.Australian Infantry, and 2nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement A.I.F.
Company Sergeant Major Huxtable was 40 and the son of Thomas and Ann Huxtable, of Highbridge, Somerset, England; husband of Emma Huxtable, 40 Ridge Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales and of 10 Colonel Braund Crescent, Daceyville, New South Wales
He died on 11th Februay 1917 in Brook Hospital, Woolwich of wounds accidentally sustained on 21 December 1916 in France.[Death registration not found.]
Births Sep 1877 HUXTABLE Sidney James Bridgwater 5c 394
Date of birth 17 June 1877 in the Huntspill, District of Highbridge, Somersetshire, England.
Age on arrival in Australia-11
Previous military service: Served for five years in NSW Artillery.
Enlistment date-12 August 1915
Rank on enlistment-Private.
Age at embarkation-35 [sic]
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/19/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A6 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll-Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll-4th Battalion
War Service: Egypt and France
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