Sydney Ambrose BATEMAN

Regimental number3031
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFitter
AddressOakleigh, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, W Bateman, Latrobe Street, Oakleigh, Victoria
Enlistment date27 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name38th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 December 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death3 December 1917
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialBerke Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 24) (Rosenberg Plateau Plots), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William J.J. and Annie Clark BATEMAN, 43 Hutton Street, Thornbury, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal