PREVOST, Sydney Albert James
| Service Number: | SX347 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1939, Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brompton, South Australia, 29 October 1918 |
| Home Town: | Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Port Lincoln Primary School, Port Lincoln High School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 4 March 1941, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt N 132 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Corporal, SX347, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Keswick, SA | |
| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX347, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Corporal Sydney A. J. Prevost, 2nd A.I.F. whose death has been reported, was born at Brompton on October 29, 1918, and went to Port Lincoln, where he was educated at the Port Lincoln primary and high schools. He sailed in the Alderpoole and was at sea a year, returning to Australia in the Cycle. When the war broke out he was among the first volunteers. He was trained at oodside and Ingleburn where he received his first stripe; the second stripe was added in England. He married an Irish girl before leaving for Lybia. His mother and sister Olive are in Adelaide and his brother George at Port Lincoln. Military notification of his death states that he died from wounds on March 4
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