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Sidney Ernest TATE

Regimental number6140
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolKogarah Superior Public School, New South Wales
Age on arrival in Australia5
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
AddressCare Alfred Alexander Tate, Hassel Street, Mays Hill Westmead, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinSon, David Alfred Tate care Alfred AlexanderTate, Hassel Street, Mays Hill Westmead, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 3 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialTerlincthun British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 48), Wimille, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred Alexander and Mary Ann TATE, "Furnside", Hassall Street, Westmead, New South Wales. Native of London
Family/military connectionsNephew: Pte William William TATE, 54th Bn, returned to Australia (invalided home after contracting trench foot in France); Cousins: Cpl H. TATE, Honourable Artillery Company, British Army, killed at Mons; Major CASSWELL, AIF, severely gassed in France; Colonel PIPER DSO, Royal Shropshire Regiment, served at Gallipoli and in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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