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Sidney MAY

Regimental number5619
Place of birthCharters Towers, Queensland
SchoolQueenton State School Charters Towers, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLoco fireman
AddressTownsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Minnie May, Enterprise Road, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlistment date6 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 March 1917
Place of death or woundingNot Known (France)
Age at death24.7
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Minnie MAY, charters Towers, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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