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Sydney Horace HUMPHREY

Regimental number2606
Place of birthBromley, Kent, England
SchoolBromley School, Kent, England
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address62 Dixon Street, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, J Humphrey, Burwood Road, Burwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Navy.
Enlistment date24 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 December 1916
Place of death or woundingRouen Hospital
Age at death21.6
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 9), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
44
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary HUMPHREY, 163 Ewart Street, Marrickville, New South Wales. Native of Bromlley, Kent, England

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