DONOVAN, Sydney Albert
| Service Number: | 7240 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Numurkah via Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 25 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Perth, Western AUstralia, 7 October 1962, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7240, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7240, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7240, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jul 1917: | Transferred Private, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 24 Jun 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7240, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, per HT Runic - Trench Fever, Gas Poisoning |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7240, 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sydney was the eldest of five children of John Finn Donovan (b1866 in Creswick, Victoria) and Ellen Jane Arneich-Sumich (b1870 in Shepparton, Victoria). John (a Labourer) and Ellen married in 1890 in Numurkah, Victoria where they lived before moving to Melbourne then on to Bunbury in WA by 1899. The family later moved to Perth, WA.
Sydney was a Labourer in Perth WA in November 1916 when he enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:7240). He served in France with 11th Infantry Battalion and 4th Machine Gun Battalion and was hospitalised with Trench Fever and Gas Poisoning. Sydney was Discharged in February 1919.
In 1917 Sydney married Hilda May Towton (b1895 in Perth, WA) and following his Discharge he and Hilda settled in Perth, where he waorked as a Labourer. Hilda died in 1943 and Sydney in 1962.