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Victor Herbert SAYERS

Regimental number1968
Place of birthGellong West, Victoria
SchoolAshby State School, Geelong West, Victoria
Other trainingEngineering Student
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPattern maker
Address67 Packington Street, Geelong West, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ellen Rachael Sayers, 67 Packington Street, Geelong West, Victoria
Enlistment date17 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 8 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No. 41), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Husband of Ellen SAYERS, 67 Pakington Street, Geelong West, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin Sgt Douglas A Sayers B Company 58th Batt.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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