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SINCLAIR, Raymond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3912 |
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Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Armidale, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Guy Fawkes, New South Wales, Australia, 6 September 1893 |
Home Town: | Tyringham, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural causes, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1971, aged 77 years |
Cemetery: |
Coffs Harbour Historic Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Ebor & Guy Fawkes District War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3912, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3912, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3912, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
28 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal | |
8 Dec 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", For conspicuous gallantry and gallantry in the advance near Morcourt, east of Corbie, on 8 August 1918. The section commander was severely wounded and the tank carrying the guns and section knocked out by a direct hit. Sergeant Sinclair removed all the wounded from the tank then gathering the survivors got the guns and gear from the burning tank and rushed them forward under very heavy shell and machine gun fire taking up positions in the final objective and giving covering fire to the advancing infantry. By his bravery and promptness he greatly assisted the advance and saved many casualties. | |
21 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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