SILVA, Manuel Antony
| Service Number: | 9769 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Watson's Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Watson’s Bay Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Engine Driver |
| Died: | Perforated Gastric Ulcer, General Peritonitis, Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England, 5 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent , England Memorial Reference: 1425 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 9769, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 9769, 1st Field Ambulance, SS Makarini, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was aged between 43 and 46 and the son of Joseph and Susannah Union Silva; husband of Rosa Silva, of Myalla, New South Wales.
Deaths Dec 1916 Silva Manuel A 43 Medway 2a 993.
INSCRIPTION
THE PATH OF DUTY LEADS TO GLORY
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Manuel Antony Silva was born at Watson’s Bay, Sydney, New South Wales in 1870 to parents Joseph and Susannah Union Silva (nee Davey).
Susannah Silva, mother of Manuel Antony Silva, died on 17th November, 1888 at Woollahra, New South Wales.
Joseph Silva, father of Manuel Antony Silva, died on 2nd August, 1891 at Batlow, NSW.
Emmanuel Antony Silva married Rosa Sadler in Sydney, NSW in 1892. A birth was registered in 1892 for Harriett Florence Silva in Sydney, NSW, daughter of Emanuel & Rosa Silva.
On 26th September, 1901 Manuel Antony Silva joined NSW GR & T (Government Railways & Trams) as a temporary Labourer in Railways Interlocking Branch in Sydney. He was transferred to the Locomotive Branch as a Cleaner (permanent) at Picton on 23rd May, 1902. Manuel Silva was transferred to Eveleigh on 19th July, 1904 & on 1st October, 1906 he became a fireman based at Wellington. He was transferred on 14th January, 1908 to Bathurst as fireman. He was promoted to Driver on 13th July, 1912 at Bathurst then his official base changed to Penrith.
A death was registered in 1894 in Sydney for Florence H. Silva, daughter of Emanuel & Rosa Silva.
On 14th August, 1915 Manuel Antony Silva enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 45 year old, married, Railway Engine Driver from Mudgee, NSW. Manuel Silva stated on his Attestation Papers that he had previously served in the Naval Artillery Volunteers 8 years ago. He had previously been rejected as unfit for His Majesty’s Service due to medical issues. According to information submitted by his wife, Rosa Silva for the Roll of Honour, Manuel Siva was also trained as a Captain – Harbours & Rivers.
Private Manuel Antony Silva, Service number 9769, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on SS Makarini on 5th April, 1916. He was marched in to Base Details at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt on 4th May, 1916.
He embarked for overseas from Alexandria on 28th May, 1916 on “Corsican”.
On 4th July, 1916 Private Silva was transferred from A.A.M.C. (Australian Army Medical Corps) Details at Tidworth, Wiltshire to Fargo Hospital, Wiltshire.
Private Silva was transferred to Delhi Officers Hospital at Tidworth, Wiltshire on 23rd August, 1916.
He was marched out to Parkhouse Camp, Wiltshire from “20 Con R.A.M.C.” (Royal Army Medical Corps) on 13th October, 1916. Private Silva was detached from Australian Medical Corps on 17th October, 1916 for duty with D.A.A.G’s Branch Administration Headquarters, London. He was attached to Convalescent Home, Cobham from 18th October, 1916 to 28th November, 1916.
On 29th November, 1916 Private Silva was admitted to Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England with a ruptured Gastric Ulcer.
Private Manuel Antony Silva died at 7.20 am on 5th December, 1916 at Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England from a Perforated Gastric Ulcer, General Peritonitis.
He was buried in Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Rochester, Kent, England – Plot number 1425 and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/rochester---fort-pitt.html
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