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Sidney William Lee

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Given name
S.W. (Sidney William)
Family name
Lee
Service number
CCC
Additional information
Gender
M
Unit at embarkation
Civil Construction Corps
Service (legacy)
Civil Construction Corps
Conflicts
World War 2
Veteran Notes/Bio

1.No "S.W.lee" listed on the Bungendore War Memorial Hall ROH.Bygone Queanbeyan lists " Lee Sidney William" as Bungendore and notes previous WW1 Service- See Bungendore WWI ROH.Listed. Collinson " Final List" includes an "S.W. Lee."

2.Stephenson notes that Sidney William (Son of William and Margaret {nee McNally} Lee ) saw service in the 1914-1918 conflict with an artillery regiment-no mention of WW2 Service.. b. 5 July 1892 at Bungendore, m. 1921 Maud E KENT (1899 - 1984) at Goulburn d. 03 Nov 1964. d at Bungendore, aged 72. 

3.Geanology.com 25.08.15: Contains some details of Sidney William Lee but again no mention of WW2 Service.  

4.Bungendore Connections Brian Lindsay.ISBN 978-0-9804909-0-92008 at P463-464 discusses WW1 Service of Sid Lee but no mention of WW2 Service. As does Monaro Pioneers as at 25.08.15.

5. Lee family history records that Sidney William Lee served in the Civil Construction Corps in Darwin October 1942-April 19441 .See Bungendore WW2 ROH.No Nominal Roll for NSW conscripts to the CCC are available on the web. Attached photograph shows the standard cap badge issued to memberrs of the CCC.

 

Note:

Civil Constructional Corps

The Civil Constructional Corps (CCC) was established in April 1942 to supply labour for the creation of infrastructure like airfields, gun emplacements, barracks, roads and other projects undertaken by the Allied Works Council.
All men between the ages of 18 and 60 could be conscripted into the CCC unless they were serving in the armed forces or employed in a reserved occupation. They received pay based on civilian award rates but their work was highly regulated: they could not strike and might be sent anywhere in Australia.

At its peak strength in August 1943, almost 54,000 men were serving in the CCC. They were involved in hundreds of projects worth millions of pounds. Almost one-third of them were conscripted – or “manpowered”, the term current at the time. By the end of the war 77,500 men had served in the CCC. They had served in every state and territory and made an invaluable contribution to the war effort. Two hundred and eighteen members of the CCC died while serving in it.

 

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