Sidney Charles REES

Regimental number8/1318
Place of birthDunedin
Address25 Islington Street, North East Valley, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E H Rees, 25 Islington Street, North East Valley, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTwelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elizabeth Holmes Tresidder (formerly Rees), 8 Campbell Street, Timaru, and the late Sydney Charles Rees
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Second