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Sydney Harold STIRLING

Regimental number1735
Place of birthNorwood, South Australia
SchoolNorwood Public School, South Australia
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
Address13 Pine Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinSister, Miss Lily Stirling, 13 Pine Street, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date22 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1918
Place of death or woundingMontbrehain, France
Age at death27.11
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialCalvaire Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard David and Erica Charlotte STIRLING. Native of Norwood, South Australia

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