Lieutenant Sydney Robert Traill

Service number	753
Ranks Held	Lieutenant, Private, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date	1895
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Burwood
Death Date	1928
Final Rank	Lieutenant
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	1st Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Burwood Randwick
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1919-04-05 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-07-23

Description

Lieutenant Sydney Robert Traill, 1st Battalion Australian Imperial Force, was born in Burwood, N.S.W., in 1895 to Archibald and Mary Traill, one of nine children, 6 girls and 3 boys. He attended Newington College and was a clerk before enlisting on 28 August 1914. Wounded three times - at the landing at Anzac, at Pozieres on 24 July 1916 and in the Hazebrouck sector in April 1918 - he survived the war and was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Nine years after returning home, he died in Sydney on 28 October 1928 at the age of 33.

Collection items

Rolls

Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

1st Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private
First World War Nominal Roll:

Unit

1st Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Second Lieutenant
Honours and Awards:

Unit

1st Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant

London Gazette

05 April 1919 on page 4525 at position 43

Commonwealth Gazette

23 July 1919 on page 1170 at position 13

Timeline

Date of birth	1895
Date of birth	1895
Date of enlistment	28 August 1914
Date of embarkation	18 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award	13 October 1918
Date returned to Australia	10 May 1919
Date of death	1928
Date of death	1928