BARCLAY, Sidney Edward
| Service Number: | 1906 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer (Railway Employee) |
| Died: | Wounds, General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England , 11 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Colchester Cemetery, Essex, United Kingdom Grave reference: T. 5. 85 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1906, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1906, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 1906, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1906 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-11 |
Pte Sidney Edward BARCLAY
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 11th April........Private Sidney Edward Barclay was born at Geelong, Victoria in 1893. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 12th January, 1915 as a 21 year old Labourer (Railway Employee).
Private Barclay embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on 17th April, 1915 & disembarked at Suez (no date recorded).
Private Barclay was admitted to No.2 Field Ambulance at Beach Dressing Station, Gallipoli on 10th August, 1915 with a Septic Hand. He was invalided to England & admitted to 3rd London General Hospital at Wandsworth on 23rd August, 1915 with a wound of arm.
Private Barclay was returned to Egypt & arrived in France on 11th September, 1916. He was wounded in action on 15th October, 1916 with GSW to back & left arm. He was invalided to England again & admitted to Northamptonshire War Hospital, England on 20th October, 1916 with G.S.W to arm, back & buttock. He was medically classified as ready for active service on 25th November, 1916.
Private Barclay was reported absent on 20th January, 1917 from No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England & declared an illegal absentee on 24th February, 1917. He was located & arrested at No. 3 Camp Canteen, Perham Downs, Wiltshire at about 12.30 pm on 4th May, 1917. Private Sidney Edward Barclay was found guilty & sentenced to Detention for 180 days. He was in custody awaiting trial for 11 days & forfeited a total of 297 days’ pay.
Private Barclay was returned to France & joined 45th Battalion at the Front on 2nd January, 1918.
Private Barclay was wounded in action (2nd occasion) on 28th March, 1918 with GSW to neck. He was invalided back to England & admitted to General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England on 6th April, 1918 with G.S.W to neck & was reported as seriously ill.
Private Sidney Edward Barclay died at 9.20 pm on 11th April, 1918 & was buried in Colchester Cemetery, Colchester, Essex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/colchester.html
Submitted 11 April 2020 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 24 and the son of William Edward and Harriet Barclay, of 85, Maude St., Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Sidney Edward Barclay was born at Geelong, Victoria in 1893 to parents William Edward and Harriet Barclay (nee Sutherland).
William Edward Barclay, father of Sidney Edward Barclay, died on 19th March, 1913 at Geelong, Victoria.
On 12th January, 1915 Sidney Edward Barclay enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 21 year old, single, Labourer (Railway Employee) from Geelong, Victoria. He stated on his Attestation Papers that he had served for 3 years with Senior Cadets.
Private Sidney Edward Barclay, Service number 1906, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Hororata (A20) on 17th April, 1915 with the 14th Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez (no date).
He was admitted to No.2 Field Ambulance at Beach Dressing Station, Gallipoli on 10th August, 1915 with a Septic Hand. Private Barclay was transferred to Hospital Ship S.S. Georgian at Lemnos on 11th August, 1915. Private Barclay was invalided to England from Mudros on 14th August, 1915 on Hospital Ship Aquitania.
On 23rd August, 1915 Private Barclay was admitted to 3rd London General Hospital at Wandsworth with a wound to arm.
Private Barclay returned to A. & N.Z Base Depot at Weymouth, England on 26th December, 1915 to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) forming No. 15 Draft.
Mrs H. Barclay, of 50 Maud Street, Geelong, Victoria, mother of Private Sidney Edward Barclay, was advised on 14th January, 1916 that Private S. Barclay had returned to duty in Egypt.
A District Court Martial was held on 18th February, 1916 – 1. While on active Service Drunkenness 2. Impeding the Town Piquet. Private Sidney Edward Barclay was awarded 42 days Detention.
He was transferred to 25 Draft of M.E.F. on 24th March, 1916.
On 20th May, 1916 Private Barclay was transferred to 45th Battalion at Serapeum. He was re-allotted to 12th Training Battalion as Reinforcements to 45th Battalion on 20th May, 1916.
Private Barclay was written up for an Offence while posted with 12th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire – A.W.L. (absent without leave) from 2 pm on 17th August, 1916 to 10 pm on 21st August, 1916. He was awarded 120 hours detention on 28th August, 1916 & forfeited 5 days’ pay for absence & deprived 5 days’ pay while under detention.
He was A.W.L. (absent without leave) from 1st September, 1916 to 3rd September, 1916. He was awarded 3 days Detention & forfeited 6 days’ pay.
On 10th September, 1916 Private Barclay embarked for France from England & joined B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) in France on 11th September, 1916. He was marched in to 4th A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 11th September, 1916 from 12th Training Battalion.
Private Barclay was written up on 20th September, 1916 at Etaples, France for “falling out of line of march without permission.” He forfeited 14 days’ pay.
He was taken on strength of 45th Battalion in the Field on 29th September, 1916 from 4th A.D.B.D.
Private Sidney Edward Barclay was wounded in action on 15th October, 1916. He was admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance on 15th October, 1916 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to back & left arm. Private Barclay was transferred to 17th Casualty Clearing Station the same day. He was transferred to No. 23 Ambulance Train on 18th October, 1916 & admitted to 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Outreau, France the same day with GSW (gunshot wound/s) to left arm & back. Private Barclay embarked from Boulogne, France on 19th October, 1916 on Hospital Ship St. Denis.
On 20th October, 1916 Private Barclay was admitted to Northamptonshire War Hospital, England with G.S.W to arm, back & buttock. (The handwritten Casualty Form – Active Service records that Private Barclay was admitted to “Northampstead War Hospital”. The typed version & a letter to his mother record “Northamptonshire War Hospital”.)
He was admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England on 6th November, 1916 with GSW to left shoulder. Private Barclay was discharged on 8th November, 1916 with the wound healed & he was classified “A” – fit for active service.
Private Barclay reported to Administrative Headquarters from Hospital & was granted furlough from 8th November, 1916 till 23rd November, 1916.
On 25th November, 1916 Private Barclay was marched in to No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England from furlough & medically classified “A” – ready for active service.
He was written up for an Offence while posted at No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England - 1. Breaking Camp 2. A.W.L. (Absent without leave) from 4 pm on 25th November, 1916 until admitted to Hospital on 14th December, 1916. Private Barclay was awarded 12 days F.P. No. 2 (Field Punishment) & was in custody for 13 days awaiting trial. He was given a total forfeiture of 45 days’ pay.
Private Barclay was sent sick to Brimstone Bottom Hospital at Perham Downs, Wiltshire on 14th December, 1916 with Mumps. He was discharged on 27th December, 1916.
On 20th January, 1917 Private Sidney Edward Barclay was reported absent from No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England.
He was declared an illegal absentee by a Board of Inquiry at No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire on 24th February, 1917.
Private Sidney Edward Barclay was awaiting confirmation of sentence at No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire on 12th May, 1917. A District Court Martial was held at Perham Downs on 16th May, 1917 – Private Sidney Edward Barclay charged with being A.W.L. from 19th January, 1917 until arrested at No. 3 Camp Canteen at about 12.30 pm on 4th May, 1917. Private Sidney Edward Barclay was found guilty & sentenced to Detention for 180 days. He was in custody awaiting trial for 11 days & forfeited a total of 297 days’ pay.
On 29th May, 1917 Private Barclay was marched out to Chelmsford Detention Barracks under escort from No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire.
He was marched in to No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, Wiltshire on 4th September, 1917 from Chelmsford Detention Barracks. He was reclassified as C3 on 7th September, 1917. Private Barclay was marched out to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth, Dorset, England on 15th September, 1917 & was taken on strength of No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth on 16th September, 1917.
Private Barclay was marched out from No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth on 17th October, 1917 & was marched in to No. 4 Command Depot at Codford, Wiltshire the same day. He was medically classified on 18th, 22nd & 29th October, 1917 as B1 A2 (Fit for Overseas Training Camp in three to four weeks).
Remission of Sentence was recorded on 10th September, 1917 “AIF Depts in UK… of 4/7/17 which reads D.C.M. held P. Downs. Sentence to undergo detention for 180 days – the unexpired portion of the above sentence (52 days) is remitted as from 20/9/17 by G.O.C. in C. Southern Command.”
On 28th November, 1917 Private Barclay was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire from No. 4 Command Depot at Hurdcott.
He proceeded overseas to France via Southampton on 27th December, 1917 from Overseas Training Brigade. Private Barclay was marched in to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Havre, France on 28th December, 1917. He was A.W.L. from Draft on 29th December, 1917 after being duly warned. He forfeited 2 days’ pay by Colonel McKenzie on 31st December, 1917. Private Barclay was marched out to his Unit from A.I.B.D. on 31st December, 1917 & rejoined his Unit (45th Battalion) in the Field on 2nd January, 1918.
Private Sidney Edward Barclay was wounded in action (2nd occasion) on 28th March, 1918. He was admitted to 105th Field Ambulance on 28th March, 1918 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to neck. Private Barclay was transferred & admitted to 56th Casualty Clearing Station on 29th March, 1918 then transferred & admitted to 18th U.S.A. Hospital at Camiers, France on 29th March, 1918. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Princess Elizabeth on 5th April, 1918.
He was admitted to General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England on 6th April, 1918 with G.S.W to neck & was reported as seriously ill.
Private Sidney Edward Barclay died at 9.20 pm on 11th April, 1918 at General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England from wounds received in action – G.S.W. left neck.
He was buried in Colchester Cemetery, Colchester, Essex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/colchester.html
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