Sydney Hamilton AYLIFFE

Badge Number: 5493, Sub Branch: Brighton
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AYLIFFE, Sydney Hamilton

Service Number: 954
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Memorials: Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, Prospect St Cuthbert's Church Honour Board
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Lance Corporal, 954, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1915: Involvement Lieutenant, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1915: Embarked Lieutenant, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Captain, 9th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Brother to James Burton Ayliffe also in 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.

Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

Captain SH Ayliffe 9th Light Horse.  The Department for Land Settlement had purchase 36 acres at Edwardstown.  Half is under almonds and there are some vines. Mr Ayliffe had only just made a start with Mr LW Dawson also of the 9th Light Horse as trainee, and another man, but was already finding the place too big in 1920.  This place had been badly neglected the trees being old and uncultivated and the whole place overgrown with grass.  The Department had many such place all around Adelaide and they were gradually being worked back to production.

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