Sydney James Mitchell

Royal Australian Artillery VX18306 Posting on Death: 2/2nd Field Regiment, he was killed in action in Crete Greece. Vic. Paybook photograph of VX18306 Gunner Sydney James Mitchell, 2/2nd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Mitchell, aged 33, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 24 May 1941. He was the son of Sydney John and Marion Victoria Mitchell, of Westgarth, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 10. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Medals: 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal, Australia Service Medal. He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in NORTHCOTE Vic, also his name is located at panel 17 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. Son of Sydney John and Marion Victoria Mitchell, of Westgarth, Victoria, Australia. Father Sydney John MITCHELL (1877-1967) Mother Marion Victoria WALKER (1889-1967) Spouse Dana Isabel Blackaby (1903-1990)