Mitchell, Sidney

Date of Birth	1885-09-16
Date of Death	1919-08-18
Age	33
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Australia, New South Wales, Mittagong
Cause of Death	Accidental Lysol poisoning

Service Details

Service	RN - Royal Navy
Service Period	1904-1912

Service 2	RANBT - Royal Australian Navy Bridging Train
Date of Entry	1915-03-25
Rank	Petty Officer
Official Number	199
Discharged Date	1917-07-16
Discharge Type	EE - Engagement Expired
Service Period	1915-1917
Active Service (War service)	WW1
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Refer Service Record see Sources

Service 3	RN - Royal Navy
Service Period	1904-1912

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Stanhope Cemetery Rich St Stanhope QLD 4380
Cemetery Address	Stanhope, QLD
Section	6
Row	E
Grave Number	23
Grave Type	Burial - Grave

Notes

See the Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser Friday 29 August 1919 page 5 for an account of Mitchell's accidental poisoning, death and burial. Served in RN 1904-12, discharging as an AB. No service record has been found in UK Archives. Enlisted 25 March 1919 in Brisbane in the RAN Bridging Train as he had earlier naval service and could ride horses. Was enlisted initially as a Leading Seaman. Promoted to Petty Officer in September 1915. on 31 October 1915 in hospital at Suvla Bay, he developed severe abdominal pain after four weeks with dysentery. He was operated on for acute peritonitis and was evacuated to a hospital in Malta. He developed a ventral hernia post operation. On 5 April 1916 in Egypt, a medical board recommended his discharge from the service. This was confirmed by another medical board which sat in Brisbane in July 1916. He was RTA per "Argyllshire", arriving April 1916. Discharged late 1916.

Sources

Service Record - Australian National Archives Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser Fri 29 Aug 1919 Page 5

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