Sydney James FOUNTAINE

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FOUNTAINE, Sydney James

Service Number:	1950
Enlisted:	27 January 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, 27 June 1886
Home Town:	Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Wing Public Elementary School Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 23 July 1916, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1950, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
10 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Sydney left the UK in 1910 with his brother Frederick. They both came to Australia to join their elder brother William and his family who where living in Toowoomba Qld at the time, before they moved to Dinmore Ipswich Qld.

Sydney also spent time later with his brother Frederick who was living in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, and he worked there for a while before moving onto to Kilcoy Qld for work, from where he enlisted in the A.I.F

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