Robert Richard SYKES

SYKES, Robert Richard

    Service Number: 5452
    Enlisted: 1 May 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Leichardt Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Hairdresser
    Died: Killed in Action, Amiens, France, 8 August 1918
    Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blacktown War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    1 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5452, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
    22 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5452, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    22 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5452, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5452, 19th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens

    Robert Richard Sykes

    Robert Richard Sykes was said to have been an all-round athlete. He was a hairdresser prior to enlisting in the AIF at Sydney, NSW on 01 May 1916

    Born in Bathurst, NSW in 1896, he was the son of Walter Frederick and Annie Jane Sykes

    Robert was a member of the Loyal Lodge Kildare of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows at Blacktown

    Submitted 22 November 2016 by Cheryl Kersivien

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Robert Richard SYKES was born in Bathurst, NSW in 1896

    His parents were Walter SYKES and Annie TAYLOR who married in Bathurst in 1889

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