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John Albert SANDERSON

Regimental number1605
Place of birthCarlton, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolGold Street State School, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
Address113 Flinders Street, East Northcote, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Sanderson, 113 Flinders Street, East Northcote, Victoria
Enlistment date10 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 28 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 January 1918
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialPont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 12), Nieppe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah SANDERSON, 113 Flinders Street, Northcote, Victoria
Family/military connectionsThree brothers served in the AIF, the youngest won Military Medal.

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