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SYVRET, Arthur John

Service Number:	605
Enlisted:	5 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Exeter, South Australia, 6 February 1890
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	LeFevres Peninsula Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Fitter and Turner
Died:	Died of wounds, Etaples, Atlantic coast France, 25 December 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row K, Grave No. 8A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Exeter Semaphore Uniting Church (fmly Wesleyan) Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

5 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 605, 12th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 605, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 605, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 605, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated with dysentery / enteritis. Discovered to have 'dilated heart' to Hospital Egypt
13 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 605, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières
25 Dec 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 605, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 605 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-25

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of Captain John Syvret (Mariner) and Ann Louisa Scott