Augustus (Augustus William) SEWELL

SEWELL, Augustus (Augustus William)

    Service Number: 775
    Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: North Sydney, New South Wales, 1885
    Home Town: Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney Grammar School, New south Wales
    Occupation: Bank Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 36, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 775, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
    1 Oct 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Sergeant, 775, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 775, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William and Alice Emily Sewell of 'Ethandune', Woolrich Road, Hunters Hill, NSW. Brother of Leonard Greville Sewell MC, MID who discharged on the 26 October 1919 having served with the 1st Machine Gun Company

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served as a volunteer in the Australian Rifles, Sydney, NSW with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant

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