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Sydney Eversley FERRES

Regimental number194
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButtermaker
AddressEmerald, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinRobert Ferres, Emerald, Gippsland, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name6th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Place of death or woundingCape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death8 May 1915
Age at death26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHelles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
46
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Caroline Elizabeth FERRES, 50 Princess Street, Kew, Victoria. Native of Ararat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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