Henry Alexander SYKES

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SYKES, Henry Alexander

Service Numbers:	240, 184
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Aldershot, Hampshire, England, 1878
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 21 August 2020
Cemetery:	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Waverley General Cemetery, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 240, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 184, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
17 Aug 1920:	Involvement Corporal, 184, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 184 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1920-08-17

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Henry Alexander Sykes served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 240 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. Newspaper reports note that he remained in South Africa after completing his service to take up employment with the Imperial Military Railways.

At a date unknown he returned to Australia to reside in NSW enlisting in WW1 at Sydney. Second service was as a Private (rising to rank of Corporal) S.N. 184 in the 3rd and 55th Infantry Battalions AIF, WW1. (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 472 and National Archives Australia WW1 service record).

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