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Born: 1 January 1871

Died: 13 April 1919

Chemist, lived at “Cleveden”, Balmoral Avenue, and "Zama", Awaba Street, Mosman.

Served as a dispenser, Australian Army Medical Corps, on transports.

Son Royston Kenilworth Sydney May died of wounds received at the landing at Gallipoli.

Name recorded
  • Sydney John May
Service number
  • Service number 18126
Ranks
  • Held rank of Staff Sergeant
  • Held rank of Staff Sergeant Dispenser
Birth records
  • Born in Araluen, NSW, Australia
  • 1871 in Araluen, NSW, Australia
Death record
  • 13 April 1919 in Mosman, NSW, Australia
Life events
  • Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Embarked from Australia: Sydney on the HMAT Kyarra A55
  • Embarked from Australia: Sydney on the SS Ormonde
Address
  • Cleveden, Balmoral Avenue, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Daughter - May, Norma Hope
  • Daughter - Norma Hope May
  • Wife - Margaret Elizabeth Rich
  • Father - James Henry May
  • Mother - Ellen Reed
  • Child - Royston Kenilworth Sydney May †
Main sources
  • MAY Sydney John : Service Number - 18126 : Place of Birth - Araluen NSW : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Daughter) MAY Norma Hope (item)
  • Discovering Anzacs - Sydney John May (webpage)
  • First World War Embarkation Rolls - Sydney John May (webpage)
  • First World War Embarkation Rolls - Sydney John May (webpage)
  • Death Notice (newspaper article)
  • Marriage Notice (newspaper article)

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