Sydney Ernest EASDON

EASDON, Sydney Ernest

    Service Numbers: 220, 2298
    Enlisted: 31 August 1914
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 February 1877
    Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman
    Died: Cerebral Haemorrhage, 2 June 1949, aged 72 years, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld
    Plot: LYND, Section 8, Plot 492, Grave # 10875
    Memorials: Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 220, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
    1 Mar 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 220, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd Contingent embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
    21 Jun 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 220, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. notes 3rd embarked 9 May 1901 at Cpae Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

    World War 1 Service

    31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2298, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
    25 Sep 1914: Involvement Driver, 2298, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
    25 Sep 1914: Embarked Driver, 2298, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
    7 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
    8 Aug 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2298, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    Sydney Ernest Easdon served in bothe the South African (Boer) war and WW1. He first served as a Private S.N. 220 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry (Boer War), and second as a Driver (rising to rank of Sergeant) SN. 2298 in the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade AIF (WW1) (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll and National Archives WW1 service records).

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