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YATES, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1989 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1989, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW | |
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| 23 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1989, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1989, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney | |
| 23 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 55th Battalion | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1989, 35th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh. Invalided to England on 7 April 1918 | |
| 11 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1989, 35th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. wound to the left shoulder | |
| 18 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1989, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Thomas Yates and Fanny Yates nee of Braidwood, NSW. Brother of Joseph John Yates, George Bowden Yates, Willam Alfred Yates, Mary Caroline Yates, Elizabeth Yates, James Yates, Alfred Thomas Yates, Ada Yates, Samuel Yates, Amy Margaret Yates, Emma Maude Yates, Charles Yates and Murie Gertrude Yates
Husband of Ada Harriet Yates of Ada Street, Goulburn East, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on the 6 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal