NSW Birth 4657/1870 SILVA MANUEL A - JOSEPH - SUSANNA - PADDINGTON
1913 NSW Electoral Roll - MUDGEE - GULGONG POLLING-PLACE
811 SILVA Manuel Anthony, Gulgong, engine-driver
812 SILVA Rosa, Gulgong, domestic duties
Enlisted Lithgow, NSW 14 Aug 1915 - S/N 9769 1 Field Amb AAMC - 45 Railway engine driver - NOK wife Rosa Silva living at Church St Mudgee, NSW - Embarked Sydney, NSW SS 'Makarini' 5 Apr 1916 - Died 5 Dec 1916 Military Hospital Chatham, England of disease - Perforated Gastric Ulcer - Buried 8 Dec 1916 Fort Pitt Cemetery, Chatham, England CofE Section- Grave 1425.
Roll of Honour
Manuel Antony SILVA
Rank Private [Pte]
Service Number 9769
Unit 1 Field Amb AUSTRALIAN Army Medical Corps
Service Army
Conflict 1914-1918
Date of Death 5 December 1916
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details KENT 61 Fort Pitt Military Cemetery
Native place WATSON'S BAY, NSW
War Grave Register Notes SILVA, Pte. Manuel Antony, 9769. 1st Field Amb. AAM Corps. Died of sickness 5th Dec., 1916. Age 46. Son of Joseph and Susannah Union SILVA; husband of Rosa SILVA, of MYALLA, NSW. Native of WATSON'S BAY, NSW 1425.
Source AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army