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Sydney Raymond Sandwith

1881-1966

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

40249

About

Born in Ireland

31 October 1881
Parents

Mother

Elizabeth Sandwith

Father

Samuel Sandwith

Settled in New Zealand

1901
Residence

Hometown

Kekerangu
Work

Occupation

Contractor

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Elizabeth Jane Sandwith

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 84

27 May 1966

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 113/0101729, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Sydney Raymond Sandwith (1881-1966)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/756

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