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Sydney Thomas Mettham
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 07/01/1888 |
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Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Last known residence: 244 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, Australia |
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Profession: Musician |
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Religion: Church of England |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 1987 |
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Enlistment date: 21/01/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Units: — Australian Infantry, 5th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 20/09/1917 |
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Place of death: Glencorse Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 29 |
Cemetery
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Tyne Cot Cemetery Plot: XXXI Row: G Grave: 18 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 4
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place | ||
| #3 | Place of death (approximate) | ||
| #4 | Sterfteplaats |
Connection to other soldiers 1
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George Eldon Mettham
Brother |
Sources 5
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5th Battalion Australian Infantry, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/22/31). https://www.awm.gov.au Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, Freame E). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au Sources used |
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McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 2018), 81. Sources used |
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Sydney Thomas Mettham, Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1923. https://www.ancestry.com Sources used |
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Sydney Thomas Mettham, the Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980. https://www.ancestry.com Sources used |
More information 4
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/463942 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=78503142-8d18-4b90-9681-56f88d5af6ca |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7545247 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=207201 |