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Sawyer, C.,

Sawyer, R.,

Scales, T.,

Scurry, William, 2668 MC, DCM

 

Service No:	2668
Occupation:	Architectural Modeller
Address:	Silvan
Date of Enlistment:	July 19, 1915
Age at Enlistment:	19 years 9 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 7½in tall, 9stn 10lbs, grey eyes, fair hair, fair complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father, William C Scurry
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	8th Reinf. 7th Btn
Embarkation Details:	August 26, 1915 from  Melbourne on HMAT Anchises A68.

 

Places and dates of service:

1915 November 18: to Anzac advanced base at Mudros Lemnos Island and then Gallipoli.
1915 December 4: promoted to Lance Corporal Lemnos Island.
1916 January 10: promoted to Acting Sergeant Lemnos Island.
1916 January 24: promoted to Sergeant Tel-el-Kebir Egypt.
1916 February 20: promoted to 2nd Lieutenant Ismailia Egypt, and awarded DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal) for inventing the time release gun that got our troops off Gallopili.
1916 March 17: transfer to 59th Btn, Tel-el-Kebir Egypt.
1916 March 23: Transfer to 58th Btn. Tel-el-Kebir Egypt.
1916 June 1: promoted to Lieutenant Moascar Egypt.
1916 June 17: to Alexandria Egyp.
1916 July 5: transfer to 15th Aust. Light Trench Mortor Btn. Alexandria.
1916 July 11: mentioned in despatches.
1916 June 23: to Marseilles France.
1916 September 3: wounded accidently in the field France.
1916 September 18: to England to Wandsworth Hospital.
1916 December 20: promoted to Captain England.
1917 January 1: to Etaples France.
1917 January 4: awarded MC (Military Cross) for distinguished service in the field France.
1917 January 17: wounded (old) hand in the field in France.
1917 January 31: to England Wandsworth Hospital.
1917 April 27: to Etaples France.
1917 May to 1919 January: in the field in France/Belgium.
1919 January 15: Returned to Australia.

Service injuries: 
1916 September 3: wounded accidently (right hand and thigh) when inspecting a new kind of fuse on an unexploded bomb, in the field France.
1917 January 29: bomb wound (lost the sight of eye and had finger on on right hand amputated, mild thigh (old wound) in the field France.

Citations:

Distinguished Conduct Medal:
‘For conspicuous ability and good work, especially in regard to a device for firing rifle automatically.’ Source: ‘Commonwealth Gazette’ No. 129 Date: 21 September 1916.

Military Cross:
No citation.
Source: ‘Commonwealth Gazette’ No. 103 Date: 29 June 1917.

Returned to Australia:	March 16, 1919 to Melbourne on Czaritz.a
Discharge Date:	September 13, 1919.
Rank at Discharge:	Captain
Honours/Medals:	Military Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Mentioned in Despatches (2 oak leaves 1 large,1small), 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Memorials:	Silvan Honour Roll, Croydon War Memorial.

 

Family Story:

William was born 1896 in Carlton to William Charles Scurry and Bessie Preston. After the war he was granted Soldier Settlement land in Silvan, and in 1920 married Doris Barry (an army nurse who he met in France).

They had 4 children. He served later in World War II when he re-enlisted in the army in 1940 and served until 1945. He died December 28, 1963 at Croydon (aged 68) and is buried at Lilydale Cemetery.

Sessions, Benjamin, 2064

 

Service No:	2064
Occupation:	Labourer
Address:	Silvan
Date of Enlistment:	October 20, 1915
Age at Enlistment:	22 years 10 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 8¾in tall, 11stn 6lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father, Benjamin Sessions
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	4th light Horse
Embarkation Details:	January 2, 1916 from  Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles.

 

Places and dates of service:

1916 March 20: to Egypt, transferred to 1st Anzac Cycle Corp.
1916 March 23: appointed to Lance Corporal Egypt.
1916 May 12: to Marseille France.
1916 July 3: sick (Mumps) Hospital in St Omer France.
1916 July- 1917 June 5: in the field France 1st Anzac Cycle Corp.
1918 October 3: sick ( influenza) to Havre Hospital France.
1919 April 4: to England.
1919 May 20 : Returned to Australia.

Service injuries: NIL

Returned to Australia:	July 2, 1919 to Melbourne on HMAT Nestor
Discharge Date:	August 24, 1919.
Rank at Discharge:	Lance Corporal
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Honour Roll, Silvan Honour Roll.

 

Family Story:

Benjamin was born 1893 in Strathbogie (near Euroa) to parents Benjamin Sessions and Emily White.(Ancestry). He had a brother Leslie Charles who also served in WW1 (1613). It is not known if he married or had family, or when he died and was buried.

Sessions, Leslie Charles, 1613

 

Service No:	1613
Occupation:	Labourer
Address:	Silvan
Date of Enlistment:	August 20, 1915
Age at Enlistment:	18years 1 month
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 9½in tall, 10stn 5lbs, brown eyes, brown hair ,fresh complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father, Benjamin Sessions
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	8th Light Horse
Embarkation Details:	November 10, 1915 from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius A11

 

Places and dates of service:

1916 February 10: sick (mumps) to Hospital in Abbassia Egypt.
1916 February 24 : to Helipolis Lebanon.
1916 March 8: transfer to 3rd Light Horse Reserve Regiment Heliopolis Lebanon.
1916 March 17: transfer to 4th Light Horse.
1916 March 20: transfer to 1st Aust. Div. Cyclist Corp Heliopolis Lebanon.
1916 March 25: to Alexandria Egypt.
1916 March 30: to Marseilles France.
1916 May 12: to Anzac Cycle Btn. France.
1916 May- 1917 – 1918 : in the field France.
1919 February 22: to England for Return to Australia.

Service injuries: NIL

Returned to Australia:	June 8, 1919 to Melbourne on the Sardinia.
Discharge Date:	July 31, 1919
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Honour Roll, Silvan Honour Roll

 

Family Story:

Les was born 1897 in Euroa to parents Benjamin Sessions and Emily White (Ancestry) He had a brother Benjamin who also served in WW1 (2064). He married Bessie Emily ? and it is not known if they had family.

Les died in 1983 and was buried at Springvale Cemetery on January 10, 1983. Emily died on January 18, 1999.

Sharp, E.,

Sharp, Richard Stewart, 10469

 

Service No:	10469
Occupation:	Tailor
Address:	c/- H. M. McIntyre, Yering Victoria (from the Nominal Roll)
Date of Enlistment:	July 6, 1915
Age at Enlistment:	25 years 6 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 2½in tall, 9stone, blue eyes, dk.brown hair, dark complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father, John Sharp
Rank on Enlistment:	Gunner
Unit Name:	4th Field Artillery
Embarkation Details:	January 5, 1916 from Melbourne on the HMAT Afric A19.

 

Places and dates of service:

1916 February 14: to England.
1916 March 9: to Tel-el-Kebir Egypt as a Driver.
1916 March 19: to Marseilles France.
1917 March 11: sick ( neuralgia) to hospital in the field France.
1917 March 16: to hospital Rouen France.
1917 March 28: to hospital Etaples France.
1918 April 9: in the field France.
1919 March 30: to England for Return to Australia.

Service injuries: NIL

Returned to Australia:	July 5, 1919 to Melbourne on the Ypiringa
Discharge Date:	August 27, 1919
Rank at Discharge:	Driver
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Memorials:

 

Family Story:

Richard was born 1890 in Edinburgh, Scotland to father John Sharp, mother unknown. We do not know if he married or had family. In 1928 he was working on the Trans Line Kultanaby in West Australia, and 1936 was prospecting for the Leonora Road Board West Australia (Record pgs 13/14). The Australian Electoral Roll show him as being in Kalgoorlie W.A 1936 to 1958. His date of death is not known, possibly Kalgoorlie.

Shell, Charles Frances, 381C

 

Service No:	381c
Occupation: