Sidney Ernest STROUD

Regimental number10/1670
Date of birth7 December 1894
Place of birthChatham, Kent, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBookbinder
Address40 Wilson Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7"
Weight123 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Stroud, 40 Wilson Street, Wanganui
Previous military serviceServed in Senior Cadets, Wanganui; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 23), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Alice Stroud, Main Road, Trentham, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reverted to the ranks, 8 May 1915.

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 239 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7822417

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