BRABAZON, Sydney Hamilton
| Service Number: | 3471 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3471, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3471, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3471, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3471 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-25 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
No Railway employment record card can be located for Sydney Hamilton BRABAZON (Service Number 3471). He was born in Redfern about January 1897. The only possible reference to railway service is the employment of a William Brabazon as a temporary porter at Darling Harbour Goods Inwards in 1911.
He enlisted at Holdsworthy in October 1915. He embarked from Australia through Sydney on HMAT ‘Berrima’ on 12 December 1915, joining the 4th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir in February 1916. He was disciplined at Serapeum in March for absenting himself whilst on duty.
He left Egypt through Alexandria and reached France through Marseilles 1 March 1916.
He was killed in action on 25 July 1916 and was buried in the vicinity of Pozières, though the location is now lost. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
(NAA B2455-3107338)
Submitted 11 May 2023 by John Oakes