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Sydney Winton AYERS

Regimental number612
Place of birthCootamundra New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMechanic
AddressMain Street, Lithgow, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, T G Ayers, Gundagai Road, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Flying Corps, No 2 Squadron, A Flight
AWM Embarkation Roll number8/5/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
FateDied of wounds 24 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row D, Grave 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
188
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Gabriel and Ellen Mary AYERS, 'Fernleigh', Third and Holden Streets, Canterbury, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3002 Pte Charles Thomas AYERS, 55th Bn, killed in action, 26 September 1917; 2518 Pte Victor Albert AYERS, 37th Bn, returned to Australia, 27 August 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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