Sydney Herbert YATES

YATES, Sydney Herbert

Service Number: 21294
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
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World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21294, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane QLD
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

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Biography 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