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Sidney WOODBURY

Regimental number285
Place of birthMangrove Creek, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales
SchoolMangrove Creek Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address1 Victoria Place, Surry Hills, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Hilda Woodbury, 1 Victoria Place, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName given on Roll of Honour circular as Sydney Joseph WOODBURY
FateKilled in Action 16 April 1918
Place of death or woundingBovis, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBoves West Communal Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin Joseph and Anna WOODBURY; Wife: H.H. WOODBURY
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5477 Pte Harold WOODBURY MM, 56th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 June 1919

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