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Sydney Thomas BRAITHWAITE

Regimental number2085
Place of birthRockhampton Queensland
SchoolYeppoon State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressSpring Vale, Yeppoon, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Braithwaite, Adelaide Park, Yeppoon, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBurr Cross Roads, Belgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Special Memorial 8), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary Ann BRAITHWAITE. Native of Yeppoon, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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