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Sydney Ellis Clare JOHNSON

Regimental number946
Place of birthLittle Plain, near Inverell, New South Wales
SchoolLittle Plain Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Little Plain PO, Little Plain, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Finney, c/o Little Plain PO, Little Plain, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on 22 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3 November 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Sidney Ellis Johnson on NR
Place of death or woundingTel El Khivevirlfe, Gaza
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial, Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
2
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John JOHNSON and Mrs Mary J. FINNEY (formerly JOHNSON), Blackalls, Toronto, New South Wales. Native of Inverell, New South Wales

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