Sydney Charles (Syd) HARPER

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HARPER, Sydney Charles

Service Number:	8477
Enlisted:	21 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Bromley, Kent, England, 1880
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Aylesbury Road School, Bromley
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Accidental (drowned), Le Havre, France, 11 November 1918
Cemetery:	Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Div. 62. Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 3 , Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Jan 1900:	Involvement Went through the South African War, 1899 - 1900 and 1901 invalided home with Enteric fever. Awarded Queens Medal with 4 clasps and Relief of Mafeking Orange Tree State, Transvaal, South Africa, 1901."

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8477, Adelaide, South Australia
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8477, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 8477, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Bombardier Harper died on the day the Armistice was declared. There is a suggestion that he actually drowned in Southampton Harbour and not at Havre, France.He left a widow, Annie Harper [nee Leach] of 16 Bloomfield Road, Bromley, Kent. At the time of his marriage in Bromley, Kent, he was an engineer in an electric works. He was the son of the late Edward Bannister Harper-a carpenter. His bride, then aged 23, was the daughter of Charles William Leach – a vermin destroyer and she lived at Albert Cottage, Farnborough, Kent.

He is one of 11 Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Bromley War Memorial in Kent, England.

Civil Registration Details:

Births Dec 1880 HARPER Sydney Charles Bromley 2a 369.

Marriages Jun 1904
Harper Sydney Charles Bromley 2a 1055
Leach Annie Bromley 2a 1055

Biography

Awarded Queens Medal with 4 clasps and Relief of Mafeking Orange Tree State, Transvaal, South Africa, 1901.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Tuesday 11 November 1919

HARPER.—In memory of our comrade, Bombardier Sidney C. Harper, drowned in France on 11th November, 1918. "For God and liberty." Inserted by 18th Battery Club.

HARPER.—In loving memory of Bombardier S. C. Harper (Sid), 12th Battery, found drowned November 11, 1918, at Southampton, England. Inserted by his loving brother, sister-in-law, and nieces.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5641816 (nla.gov.au)

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