Sergeant

Sydney Laurence Emmerson

DCM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of George Thomas and Eliza Emmerson, of Melbourne, Australia.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
13/795
Name:
Sydney Laurence Emmerson
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
23 February 1890
Place of Birth: 
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Next of Kin: 
George Thomas Emmerson (father), Landsborough, Victoria, Australia
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Graham Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Bushman
Unit:
New Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of sickness
Date of Death:
19 October 1918
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
3rd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 February 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 17
HMNZT 18
HMNZT 19
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Q. 125.
Sydney Laurence Emmerson
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