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Military service
Service number:
27327
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
February 28, 1890
Walsall, Stratfordshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Digital gallery of Private Sydney Danks
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Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1ST Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription
Menin Gate inscription. Photo by BGen (ret'd) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Regimental Memorial Battle of 2nd Ypres located on Gravenstafel Ridge. Photo by BGen(ret'd) G. Young. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Regimental Memorial Battle of 2nd Ypres located in St Julien. Photo by BGen(ret'd) G. Young. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Family Photo
Sidney is in the back row on the left. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 363 of 1140. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Danks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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