Private 1274 Sidney George PROSSER

Private 1274 Sidney George Prosser{gallery}Pte S G Prosser{/gallery}19th Battalion, Australian Infantry (Australian Imperial Force)
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 27th July 1916 aged 42

• Buried: Pozieres British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave III.K.35
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph Richard and Mary Newstead Prosser of Overton, Water Orton
• Husband of Edith Bertha Prosser [nee Swan]. Married 24 Apr 1902 in Coleshill
• NNWFHS Memorial (just outside NNWFHS area): Water Orton
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Prosser
• NNWFHS Water Orton War Memorial Page
• Pozieres British Cemetery
• Australian War Memorial/Roll of Honour
• 19th Battalion, Australian Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1874 in Coleshill. Baptised 17 May 1874 at Coleshill
• Lived at Park Road, Coleshill and employed as a grocer [1901]
• Lived in Water Orton, employed as a commercial traveller [1911]
• Moved to Australia to open a business c1911
• Business destroyed in fire at Williams Brothers in Sydney 17 Dec 1913
  
• Enlisted in Australian Infantry at Liverpool, NSW on 25 Feb 1915 [click here to see his Service Records]