Alexander Farndale Sitlington

1889 - 1916  (27 years)

• Name	Alexander Farndale Sitlington  [1]
  Born	1889	Colac, VIC, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Mil-Action	Between 1914 and 1916  [2]
  	Private A F Sitlington embarked aboard HMAT A24 Benalla at Melbourne, Australia on 19 October 1914. In Alexandria, Egypt he boarded the Clan McGilvarry for the Gallipoli campaign where he received gunshot wounds to the arm and thigh. He was sent to the hospital at Malta to recover. When fit he was sent to Alexandria, Egypt to rejoin the 8th battalion on 27 October 1915. On 27 December 1915 he was admitted to the hospital at Lemnos with mumps and was discharged from there on 15 January 1916. He was transferred to the 60th Battalion on 22 January 1916. On 18 June he sailed from Alexandria for Marseilles, France, where he arrived on 29 June. On 28 July he was reported as missing in action
  Milit-Beg	18 Aug 1914	Colac, VIC, Australia
  Died	19 Jul 1916	Fleur Baix, France   [1]
  	he was killed in action in WWI
  Newspaper	16 Sep 1916	The Colac Reformer, Colac, VIC, Australia   [3]
  	(Includes photograph of A. F. Sitlington in uniform) DISTRICT CASUALTIES. Word was received on Wednesday, by his parents, of the death in France, of Private Alexander Farndale Sitlington, of Colac. He was 26 years of age, and was one of the first to enlist from Colac. He was at the landing at Gallipoli, and was wounded, at Cape Helles, and was sent to Malta, after which he went back to Egypt. He was then sent to France, where he met his death.
  Newspaper	22 Sep 1916	The Colac Herald, Colac, VIC, Australia   [3]
  	DEATH. SITLINGTON.Killed in action in France on the 19th July, 1916, after service at Gallipoli (wounded at Cape Helles), Egypt and France, Private Alec. Farndale Sitlington, dearly beloved only son of A. J. and M. Sitlington, of Gellibrand street, Colac, and loving brother of Irene.
  Name	Alec Sitlington
  Occupation	a house painter  [2]
  Buried	Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France
  Person ID	I41976	Mote/McInnes
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Alexander James Sitlington,   b. 27 Apr 1857, Geelong, VIC, Australia ,   d. 27 May 1924, Colac, VIC, Australia  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Marion Amelia Susan Martin,   b. 15 Sep 1856, Colac, VIC, Australia ,   d. 1952, Colac, VIC, Australia  (Age 95 years)
  Married	24 May 1887	the Wesleyan Church, Birregurra, VIC, Australia   [1, 4, 5]
  		000127w1 The wedding of William John Matthew Martin and Irene Erlandson in 1897. Photograph provided by Stephen Brooks.; wedding
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1889 - Colac, VIC, Australia Milit-Beg - 18 Aug 1914 - Colac, VIC, Australia Died - 19 Jul 1916 - Fleur Baix, France Buried - - Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		041976_1 Alec Farndale Sitlington. Photo Provided by Stephen Brooks.
  		041976_2 Alec Farndale Sitlington. Photograph provided by Stephen Brooks.
  		041976_3 Alec Farndale Sitlington. Taken at Malta in 1915. Photograph provided by Stephen Brooks.
  		041976_4 Alec Farndale Sitlington. Taken before WWI. Photograph provided by Stephen Brooks.

  
  

• Sources

  [S649] The Sitlington Family, Ryan, Judi, (February 2007). [S627] National Archives of Australia. [S999] Trove. [S320] The Martin/Bird Families. [S253] The Brooks Family Events, Stephen Mark Brooks, (2001).