SYKES, Charles Henry - 11038, W40780

Original items held by the Army Museum of Western Australia

Sapper Charles Henry Sykes

Conflict	World War 1, World War 2
Service Arm	Australian Imperial Force Citizen Military Force
Unit	3rd Division Signals Company Line of Communication-Signals
Service No.	11038, W40780
Service Arm	Army
Date of Birth	27 Feb 1885
Birthplace	Oldham, ENG
Residence	Capel, WA
Date of Death	5 Sep 1947
Relatives	Wife - Elizabeth Clarkson

Photo of the 3rd Division Signals Company taken in England prior to going to France in November 1916.

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Only parts of the diaries written by Charles Sykes survive. This selection of pages begins on Thursday 23rd November 1916, as the Company were preparing to go to France and ends on Sunday 14th October, 1917.

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These two pages dated Tuesday 16th October, 1917 were tucked inside a 1918 diary. Then there were diary pages dated Monday 22nd October 1917 to Saturday 10th November 1917.

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This diary begins on 1st March, 1918 and continues until 3rd October 1918.

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This is a training notebook.

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