British War & Victory Medals
Name: Sidney Gale
Service No: 13021
Unit: 2nd Divisional Supply Column
Naming Details: British War and Victory Medals both impressed - 13021 DVR. S. GALE. 2. D.S.C. A.I.F.
Additional Information
Record of Service:
Sidney Gale was born about 1885 in Fulham, England. He was working as a Chauffeur in Bondi, NSW when he enlisted in the A.I.F on the 21st of June 1916. He was allocated service number 13021 and embarked from Melbourne on the 22nd of December 1916 with the Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company, Section 1.
Sidney disembarked at Devonport on the 3rd of March 1917 and proceeded overseas to France on the 20th of June 1917. Sidney joined the 2nd D.S.C on the 12th of August 1917 and was taken on strength with the 2nd Australian Division Mechanical Transport Company on the 12th of March 1918.
Sidney survived the war and returned to Australia on the 25th of September 1919.
Notes:
British War and Victory Medals both impressed 13021 DVR. S. GALE. 2. D.S.C. A.I.F.