Sydney Hudson CHEESEMAN

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CHEESEMAN, Sydney Hudson

Service Number:	1641
Enlisted:	11 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, 1891
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Perse, Cambridge, England; Daniel Stewarts, Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 25 September 1917
Cemetery:	Menin Road South Military Cemetery Plot 11,Row G, Grave 7 Headstone inscription reads; A loving son and loyal friend, Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1641, Enlisted at Melbourne
28 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1641, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
28 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1641, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
25 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 1641, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1641 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of James Alfred and Isabella Cheeseman of 20 Shaftsbury Road, Southsea, England; brother of Eric Septimus Cheeseman MM. Another brother was severely wounded

Husband of Hilda Cheesman. Sydney and Hilda married in the middle of October in Liverpool

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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