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YATES, Sydney Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 21294 |
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Enlisted: | 26 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane QLD |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 September 1893 |
Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 29 April 1964, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland General area. Headstone inscription reads: Till we meet again |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21294, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane QLD | |
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11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 21294, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 21294, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
11 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 23rd Field Artillery Brigade (disbanded Jan 1917), From 9th Field Artillery Brigade | |
6 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Division Artillery , From 23rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
4 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , From details with the 3rd Divisional Artillery | |
11 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
24 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 21294, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed | |
20 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 21294, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Herbert Yates and Ruth Yates nee Smith of Woondooma Street, Bundaberg, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on 4 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: Britsh War Medal, Victory Medal
On 27 January 1923 Sydney married Una Marion Hay in QLD