Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Lindell S L Pte 313 Sydney Lars 37 Inf Bn 19 Clerk Single Pres
Address: Moonee Ponds, Primrose St, 76
Next of Kin: Lindell, John, Mr, father, 76 Primrose St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 4 Feb 1916
Embarked: A34 Persic 3 Jun 1916
Date of Death: between 07/06/1917 and 09/06/1917
CWGC: "Son of John and Georgina Lindell, of 76, Primrose St., Moonee Ponds, Victoria".
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Members of the Essendon baseball club are tendering Messrs. H. Eustace, S. Lindell and W. Park (who are going to the front) a complimentary farewell smoke night at Dean's Hotel, Moonee Ponds, on Wednesday next, 12th inst. This is the second occasion on which a smoke night has been held for the same cause, the first time being in connection with the departure of the late Sgt. A. T. Swift.
WITH THE COLOURS. (1916, April 6). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved January 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74592543 |
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Mr. Herbert Raphael, a leading member of the Prahran cricket committee and late of Moonee Ponds, has received an interesting letter from Corporal Lindell, the promising young Essendon cricketer and baseballer, who writes as follows from Salisbury Plain:
"I have been selected as a battalion bomber. This will be my job at the front. This is where baseball pitching comes in handy, though I will cut out spit-balls and fade-aways. Anyhow I expect soon to be tossing them over the plate. Andy Gray (South Melbourne cricketer and footballer) is in the same hut as myself. My weight is now 13 stone. In a cricket match last week with my regiment I took 4 wickets for 7 and 5 for 8. We are always anxious to receive Australian papers, so be sure and send some along."
SPORTING ECHOES. (1917, January 18). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved April 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74601385
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MILITARY HONOURS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lindell, of Chelsea (late of Moonee Ponds), have been officially notified that their son, Corporal S. L. ("Bob") Lindell, has been wounded in France. Corporal Lindell was a well-known member of the Essendon Baseball and Cricket clubs.
The Argus, Thursday 29 March 1917
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1607180
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MELBOURNE SPORTSMEN MET
ON FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS
DAYS WITHOUT A SHAVE
In a recent letter from France, Lance-Corporal S. Lindell, well known
In Melbourne athletic circles, mentions having met several Melbourne
sportsmen on the battle-field. Lance-Corporal Lindell, though he is at
present busy in his country's cause, still has time to Interest himself in
athletic matters.
He writes:— "I have just read the account of the baseball final between
Northcote and Prahran. It must have been a soft snap for Prahran. Tonight I
saw Andy Gray (who formerly played cricket with the South Melbourne
Footballers' Cricket Club, and with the Malvern sub-district club). He looks
as fit as a fiddle, though he has not had a shave for seven or eight days,
and looks wild and woolly. Old Jim Martin (a former Hawthorn base-
baller and cricketer) had a narrow escape the other day. A big Minnie
landed on his dugout, and it would require a working party now to find his
clothes. He happened to be out when the shell arrived.
Lance-Corporal Lindell adds that he saw D. Burkitt, the one-time pitcher
for Essendon Baseball Club. He wrote from an old battered city. He said that
the previous day he had indulged in the luxury of a hot bath.
When in Melbourne Lance-Corporal Lindell played with the Essendon
Cricket Club. He was also a pitcher with the Essendon Baseball Club.
MELBOURNE SPORTSMEN MET ON FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS (1917, April 10). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242684648
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Cpl. Syd. (Bob) Lindell has been reported wounded (for the second time) in action in France. Cpl. Lindell was a player in Essendon cricket club. He also was pitcher for Essendon baseball club.
OUR SOLDIERS. (1917, July 12). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74603163
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CRICKETER SENDS POCKET
PUNCTURED BY SHRAPNEL
Twice wounded, the second time at Messines, and now on active service
in France, the well-known Essendon cricketer and basehaller, No. 313 Cor-
poral Sidney Lindell, of a Victorian battalion, aged 21, who sailed on June
3, 1916, writes to his mother: —
"I am sending home a few little things which may interest you. One
is the pocket of my old tunic. You can see the hole where the bit of
shrapnel went in. It went through a pocket-book and a thimble, and
remained in the pocket. "Also a small piece of an aeroplane
(British) which, came to grief behind the lines, a few silver leaves from
Capetown, a sprig of jasmine (I think it is) from England, and our old mess
roll on the transport."
CRICKETER SENDS POCKET PUNCTURED BY SHRAPNEL (1917, August 8). The Herald
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242488195
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Syd. Lindell, the Essendon cricketer and baseballer, who was previously reported wounded, has been posted as missing on 9th June.
ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, August 30). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74603584
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Cpl. Syd. Lindell (Bob), who was reported missing since lost June, is now officially reported killed. He was a prominent playing member of the Essendon Club, well known in the second eleven as a bowler and in the baseball club as a pitcher.
ROLL OF HONOUR. (1918, March 28). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved June 7, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74605501
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Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence.
This man was killed by a shell just about five yards from me, about 8 pm June 8th 1917. This happened just on the right of Messines.
I am positively sure that the above is correct, because he was blown to pieces and hardly recognisable, but being a member of my Platoon I recognised what was left of him, and reported to my Officer, on being relieved after the Battle was over, that he was killed in action.
I am
Yours faithfully,
Warrant Officer Ian Rosing, DCM
https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1048606--1-.pdf
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War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
St John's Presbyterian Church *
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
In Memoriam
LINDELL. —A tribute to my esteemed clubmate,
Corporal R. L. (Bob) Lindell (late of Essendon
Baseball Club), killed in action at Messines on 9th June, 1917.
An ideal sportsman and a sincere friend.
—(Inserted by Herbert D. Raphael.)
Family Notices (1918, March 30). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1649403
LINDELL. - In loving and honoured memory of 313,
Corporal Sidney L. Lindell, 37th Batt., 10th Infantry
Brigade, officially reported killed Messines battle, 7th-
10th June, 1917 (previously reported wounded and
missing), dearly loved elder son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Lindell, Moonee Ponds and Chelsea, brother of
Edith and Jack, and grandson of Mary Stockton
(late of Defence Department).
They die that we might live, and greater love
hath no man.
LINDELL. - A tribute to the memory of my dear
comrade, Corporal S. Lindell (37th Battalion), killed
in action at Messines on 7th June, 1917. (Inserted by
Corporal R. C. McWhinney*.)
Family Notices. (1918, June 7). The Argus, p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1664327
* 360 Rupert Charles McWhinney, 37 Inf Bn, 24 year old labourer of Auburn.
LINDELL- In sad and loving memory of our dear
boy, Corporal Syd Lindell (Bob), 37th Batt (late
of Defence Dept), killed in action at Mes sines on
June 7, 1917, well beloved elder son of G and J
Lindell, Primrose street, Moonee Ponds, loving
brother of Edie and Jack, devoted grandson of Mary
Stockton, who passed away on September 1, 1918,
deeply mourning his loss; also the faithful comrade of
Ernie Moorehead* (both bombers of the 37th), who
made the supreme sacrifice on January 1, 1917.
Oh for the touch of a vanished hand,
Or sound of a voice that is still.
-(Father, mother, brother, and sister )
Family Notices. (1919, June 7). The Argus, p. 11.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1476446
* 334 Pte Ernest Edward Moorhead, storeman aged 26 of Bentleigh
No further years checked.
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