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Sydney Alfred JOSEPH

Regimental number6522
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolChurch of England, Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
Other trainingWorking Mens College
ReligionJewish
OccupationEngineer
Address48 Cromwell Road, Hawksburn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Enlistment date16 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingLihons Ridge, France
Age at death25.8
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialRosieres Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row E, Grave No.12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Rachel JOSEPH, 48 Cromwell Road, Hawksburn, Victoria
Discharge dateMelbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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