Corporal Sydney Jewell, 4th Battalion, July/August 1916

The Henty Observer 

and Culcairn Shire Register (NSW)

12 August 1916

In a letter Mr Stibbard received from Private Syd. Jewell, he says:

I am at present with Ernie Fugger who was reported wounded last week in his company and platoon. It seems like home to be with someone from your own town, and Ernie and I have been talking Henty ever since my arrival. 

The sinking of the boat Kitchener was on came as a great shock to the whole of the army, and our one hope is that there is a good man to take his place, which can not be vacant for long.

By jove, you can see here that they have rallied round the colors at Home, and they may have the luck to see some of the actual going on if things go on as at present. Sorry to say I only received one batch of papers, and that was in Egypt. I have a big batch of letters to day, and they will keep me busy.

Soldier Identified: Corporal Sydney Ernest Jewell, Service No. 3800, 12th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, A.I.F. Returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.

The armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire, one of the battleships that escorted the first Australian convoy. She joined the convoy in the Indian Ocean c 10 November 1914, and remained with them until they reached the Suez. The Hampshire is famous for her association with the death of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, when she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea in June 1916. (Courtesy: Australian War Memorial)

Sources:

1. From our Soldiers (1916, August 12). The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register (NSW : 1914 - 1950), p. 2. 
2. The armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire, one of the battleships that escorted the first Australian convoy. She joined the convoy in the Indian Ocean c 10 November 1914, and remained with them until they reached the Suez. The Hampshire is famous for her association with the death of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, when she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea in June 1916. Australian War Memorial