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REVETT, Sydney Louis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5542 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manchester, England, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Morlancourt, France, Germany, 15 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" NO known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Cologne Southern Cemetery, Cologne, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northampton WW1 Roll of Honour, Northampton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5542, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA | |
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| 26 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5542, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5542, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Surada, Fremantle | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 5542, 28th Infantry Battalion, Severe shell wounds to both legs and evacuated to England on 19 May 1917 | |
| 14 Jun 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 5542, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5542 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-14 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother Edgar Gordon Revett of Oglivie, Northampton, WA
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal