George Sydney (Syd) STEELE

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STEELE, George Sydney

Service Number:	5922
Enlisted:	24 April 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Croydon State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer, Cook
Died:	Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia, 14 July 1936, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gordonvale Cemetery, Qld Roman Catholic Section Site No 115.
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World War 1 Service

24 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5922, 26th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5922, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5922, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
11 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia, Debility.

Vale George Sydney Steele

George Sydney Steele, aged 59 years, died suddenly on; Tuesday evening 14th inst. and was buried in the Gordonvale cemetery to-day, Rev. Father; Kenrick officiating at the Roman Catholic Church and graveside. De-ceased was a brother of Mrs. E. A. Roberts.

Enlisting in 1916 with the'"Cane, beetles," on their memorable recruiting march, from Babinda to Cairns, de ceased saw active service overseas with the 25th Battalion, A.I.F. During the last eighteen months he had been in indifferent health, and eight months of this time was spent as an inmate of the Brisbane hospital. Born at Cooktown, he was taken to the Palmer goldfields as a baby, and lived his early life at Croydon and through the north, prospecting, droving and min-ing. In his youth he was a splendid athlete and a good sport. One more old soldier goes down the vale to join his former comrades. Vale, Syd. Steele!
The Cairns Post, Gordonvale News. July 31 1936.

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