Sidney John GRAY

GRAY, Sidney John

    Service Number: 4296
    Enlisted: 8 September 1915, Goulburn, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
    Schooling: Baw Bad Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Plot II, Row B, Grave 1. Inscription: TON SACRIFICE N'A PAS ÉTÉ VAIN. YOUR SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN. UNITED WITH US AT LAST.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4296, Depot Battalion (AIF), Goulburn, New South Wales
    20 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4296, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    15 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4296, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Suez Government Hospital -- Mumps Mild -- Egypt
    18 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4296, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion
    16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 1st Training Battalion
    19 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4296, 54th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4296, 54th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4296, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4296, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4296 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 - 1916-07-20

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    The son of Son of Frederick William and Louisa Gray, of 72. Auburn St., Goulburn, New South Wales, one of nine children.

    Sidney’s remains were identified 26 May 2014, and he was interred in the Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

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