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Sidney Leonard DEACON

Regimental number3288
Place of birthTrunkey Creek, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address32 Duke Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32.6
Height5' 8"
Weight173 lbs
Next of kinSon, R Deacon, 32 Duke Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 June 1915
Place of enlistmentAt sea on HMAS A 48
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateDischarged 9 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Sydney Leonard Deacon on NR
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date9 October 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Discharged in London (medically unfit: permanently unfit for all Services), 9 October 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to War Service.
Date of death6 April 1943
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, DEACON Sidney Leonard

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