Private Sidney Farmer Wilkerson
- Rank
- Private
- Appointment
- Australian Army 1917 Western Front
- Service number
- 2758A
- Unit
- 51 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Belgium
- Date of death
- 12 October 1917
- Age
- 23
- Plaque number
- M201
- Co-located plaques
- M201A - TPR James Wilkerson
- Dedicated by
- His nephew in 1973
- More information
Private Sidney Farmer Wilkerson 2758A (1894-1918, born Northam, Western Australia) enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 26 June 1916 and was trained at Northam. He was assigned to 6 Reinforcements, 51st Australian Infantry Battalion and embarked for the Western Front on 10 October 1916, where, on 26 June 1917, he joined the Battalion. On 12 October 1917, he was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres). He is one of the Battalion’s 34 soldiers killed on that day.
Private Wilkerson has no known grave and his official memorial is the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium where his name is shown on Panel 29. His Place of Association is Northam.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by his nephew in 1973. He is the son of George Thomas Wilkerson (1856-1920) and Eliza Ann Wilkerson (nee Betts) (1859-1922) of Oakfield, Northam. The plaque applicant is his nephew Douglas Norman Wilkerson (1918-2009).
Private Wilkerson is remembered with honour.
He is the cousin of Trooper James Thomas Wilkerson (killed in action).