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SAWYER, Ernest Richard
Personal Details
Service Number: | 206 |
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Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Warrow, South Australia, 20 February 1882 |
Home Town: | Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia |
Schooling: | Port Lincoln Public School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 June 1918, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial, Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1, Port Lincoln Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 206, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, SN 206, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, SN 206, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 206, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
8 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 206, 27th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
10 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, SN 206, 27th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" |
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