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Ernest SANDLAND

Regimental number4533
Place of birthBirmingham, England
SchoolProtestant School, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectroplate polisher
AddressCharing Cross Hotel Carrington Road, Waverley, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, J Sandland, Back of 49 Villa Street, Hockley Birmingham, England
Previous military serviceServed in the 5th Worcestershire Regt.
Enlistment date10 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 February 1917
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialMartinpuick British Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
87
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emma SANDLAND, Aston, Birmingham, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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