Studio portrait of 3476 Company Sergeant-Major (CSM) Charles Frederick Sydes, 8th (later 59th) ...

Accession Number P05248.135
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 3476 Company Sergeant-Major (CSM) Charles Frederick Sydes, 8th (later 59th) Battalion of Nyah, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 11 October 1915 as 3476 Private Sydes. On 19 July 1916, he was killed in action at Fleurbaix, France, aged 30. CSM Sydes is buried in the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.