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Sydney PETTERSON

Regimental number1048
Place of birthBalmain New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShopman
AddressArgyle Dock Road, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Petterson, Argyle Dock Road, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 44), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Johan and Caroline PETTERSON, "Glen Ayr", 33 King Street, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales

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