KIRK, Sidney Donald
| Service Number: | 382 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia, 11 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Influenza & Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 9 November 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England Plot 29, Row 1, Site No 8, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackall War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 382, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 382, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 9 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 382, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Shrapnel Wounds | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 382, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Shrapnel wounds. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 9th November…… Sidney Donald Kirk was born at Barcaldine, Central Queensland on 11th October, 1892.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 29th March, 1916 at Brisbane, Queensland as a 23 year old, single, Grazier from Rathdonnell Street, Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland.
Private Sidney Donald Kirk, Service number 382, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 19th September, 1916 with the 3rd Machine Gun Company, 5th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 14th November, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 15th November, 1916 Private Kirk was marched in from Australia to Details No. 3 Camp at Parkhouse, Wiltshire then marched out to Machine Gun Training Depot at Grantham from Parkhouse Camp on 23rd November, 1916.
He was written up for being absent without leave from Belton Park from 2 a.m. 18th December to 12 midnight 18th December, 1916 & was awarded 3 days Confined to Barracks & forfeited 1 days’ pay.
Private Kirk reported sick on 13th January, 1917. He was admitted to No. 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital at Bulford, Wiltshire on 8th February, 1917 until 6th March, 1917. He was discharged to duty on 11th March, 1917 & was marched in to No. 1 Command Depot on 12th March, 1917. Private Kirk was re-admitted to Parkhouse Military Hospital on 15th March, 1917 with V.D. & was discharged to duty on 12th April, 1917. Private Kirk was marched in to Camp Headquarters at Perham Downs, Wiltshire on 16th April, 1917.
He proceeded overseas to France from Grantham on 11th May, 1917 from Australian Machine Gun Training Depot. Private Kirk was marched in at Camiers, France on 12th May, 1917 & marched out to 3rd Machine Gun Company on 23rd May, 1917 where he was taken on strength in the field.
On 20th March, 1918 Private Kirk proceeded on Leave to England & rejoined from Leave on 23rd March, 1918.
Private Kirk was transferred to 1st Machine Gun Battalion on 1st April, 1918 - A.I.F. Order 1151.
He was granted Leave to UK on 16th June, 1918 & rejoined from Leave on 3rd July, 1918.
On 9th July, 1918 Private Kirk was wounded in action. He was admitted to 3 Australian Field Ambulance with a shrapnel wound to right shoulder then transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station. Private Kirk was discharged to duty on 12th July, 1918 & rejoined his Battalion.
Private Sidney Donald Kirk was wounded in action (2nd occasion) on 10th August, 1918. He was admitted to 15 Australian Field Ambulance with a shrapnel wound to left hand & then transferred to 55th Casualty Clearing Station the same day. Private Kirk was admitted to 2nd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne on 12th August, 1918 & marked for transfer to England on 13th August, 1918. Private Kirk embarked for England on 14th August, 1918 on Hospital Ship Carisbrook Castle.
He was admitted to 2/1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, England on 15th August, 1918 with a gun shot wound to left hand. Private Kirk was transferred on 26th August, 1918 to Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford & discharged the next day for furlo.
On 10th September, 1918 Private Kirk was to report to Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire at the completion of his furlo. He was absent without leave on 10th September, 1918. He was marched in from Australian Headquarters, London on 12th September, 1918 & medically classified as B1 A1 (fit for light duty only for 4 weeks). Private Kirk was written up for being absent without leave from 11 a.m. on 10th September to 11a.m. on 11th September, 1918. He forfeited a total of 3 days pay.
Private Kirk was marched out to No. 4 Command Depot at Weymouth on 17th September, 1918 & marched in to No. 2 Convalescent Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 17th September, 1918. Private Kirk was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill on 30th October, 1918.
On 1st November, 1918 Private Kirk was sent sick to Group Clearing Hospital & then admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 2nd November, 1918 with Influenza. Notification was sent to Mrs Kirk advising that her son was in Hospital seriously ill with Influenza & Pneumonia.
Private Sidney Donald Kirk died at 8.10 am on 9th November, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England of Influenza & Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 War Graves & 2 WW1 Australian Nurses are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/k--m.html
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