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Samuel Frederick SANDON

Regimental number4370
Place of birthMarsfield, Ryde District, New South Wales
SchoolWoodstock Public School, Capetown, South Africa
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressCoylton, Cooper Street, Strathfield, Sydney, NSW.
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Sandon, Colyton, Cooper Street, Strathfield, Sydney, NSW.
Enlistment date9 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 September 1916
Place of death or woundingHill 60, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death18.6
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot VI, Row M, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Lucy SANDON, "Colyton", Lloyd George Avenue, Concord, New South Wales. Native of New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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