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Sydney Frederick ATKINSON

Regimental number15952
Date of birth4 July 1899
Place of birthAuburn, New South Wales
OccupationFarmer
Address38 Edward Street, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Florence Atkinson, 38 Edward Street, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date21 August 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st & 2nd Anzac Mounted Divisions, 15th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Service Corps
FateReturned to Australia 15 January 1919
Discharge date12 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Sydney, 30 April 1918; disembarked Suez, 7 June 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Berrima', 15 January 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 12 September 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, ATKINSON Sydney Frederick

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