Sidney DRANE

DRANE, Sidney

    Service Numbers: 1125, 1186
    Enlisted: 16 October 1914, Rosehill, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1884
    Home Town: Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Driver
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 32 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1125, Depot Battalion (AIF), Rosehill, New South Wales
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1125, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    5 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Minnewaska"
    25 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Gallipoli, Turkey
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted -- 4th Australian Field Ambulance -- Tonsilitis -- Gallipoli
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Transferred -- Admitted -- 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Dysentery -- Mudros
    4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted -- 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Dysentery -- Gallipoli
    4 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Mudros for Egypt per H.S "Salta"
    9 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 2 Australian General Hospital -- Diarrhoea -- Ghezireh, Egypt
    15 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Mena House -- Influenza -- Cairo, Egypt
    15 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Convalescent Depot -- Mena, Egypt
    25 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 15th British Red Cross Hospital -- Influenza (Bronchitis) -- Montasah, Egypt
    29 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Discharged to Base -- Mustapha, Egypt
    3 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Disembarked Gallipoli, Turkey
    9 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Rejoined Unit -- Gallipoli
    28 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 1st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation ex H.M.T. "Huntsgreen"
    14 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 1st Infantry Battalion
    16 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Division Artillery , T.O.S. from 53rd Infantry Battalion
    17 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 5th Division Artillery
    19 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Royal George"
    28 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1186 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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