TOOHEY, Sydney John
| Service Numbers: | SX20355, S62877 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia, 24 December 1922 |
| Home Town: | Tibooburra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 7 July 2009, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, SX20355 | |
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| 29 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, S62877 | |
| 29 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Puckapunyal, VIC | |
| 29 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20355, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 21 May 1946: | Discharged | |
| 21 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20355, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sid was the youngest of four children of Thomas John Patrick Toohey (born 1889 in Bourke, NSW) and Elizabeth Williamson (born 1893 in Charleville, QLD), Thomas was a Mail Contractor in Charleville, QLD when he and Elizabeth married in 1917. They settled in the Thargomindah region in QLD where Thomas was a buck jumper and Station Manager. In the 1930s the family moved to Pyampah Station at Tibooburra in NSW, where Thomas was a Grazier. Following Elizabeth's death in 1932, Thomas remarried Ethel Maude Seymour (born 1898 at Wyalong, NSW) - Ethel had worked as a Hostess at the Australia Hotel. In 1941 Ethel was charged with murdering Thomas by lacing his cough medicine with strychninne - the charge was later dismissed.
Sid enlisted in the Army in July 1942 and was a Private (Service Nos:SX20355/S62877) with 151 General Transport Coy when he was Discharged in May 1946. His three older brothers also served in WWII.
Sid was working as a Miner in Broken Hill, NSW in 1949 when he married Ivy Goss in 1946 in Broken Hill. Sid and Ivy settled in Broken Hill, NSW where Sid worked as a Miner and Labourer. Sid and Ivy both died in 2009.