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Thomas Brayford SANDERSON

Regimental number3230
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
SchoolBrisbane Boys Grammar School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressMungar Junction, North Coast Line, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Violet Elizabeth Sanderson, c/o Mr W T Clark, Beenleigh, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Teachers Training Corp.
Enlistment date15 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 22 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 April 1918
Place of death or woundingDernancourt, France
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
144
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Diana SANDERSON; husband of Violet SANDERSON, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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