SAGO, Horace
| Service Number: | 4217 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Ballarat |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 12 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Berringa, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat and Berringa State Schools, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | G.S.W Hip joint & (secondary) Haemorrhage, 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds, England , 26 November 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lawnswood Cemetery and Crematorium, Adel, West Yorkshire, England, Screen Wall - W. 394, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Emerald Ladies Probus Club Roll of Remembrance, Euroa Telegraph Park |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4217, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4217, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4217, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4217, 21st Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the buttock and evacuated to England on the 28 August 1916 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Ann Sago; husband of Rosa Lavinia Sago of 83 Wills Street, Ballarat East; father of Horace Kirkpaatrick Sago who served in WW2 with the 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion;
Brother of Benjamin Sago who also served in WW1 but returned to Australia after being badly wounded
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 26th November…… Horace Sago was born at Ballarat, Victoria on 12th June, 1891, a twin with Harold, to parents Benjamin & Elizabeth Ann Sago (nee Dobson).
Horace Sago married Rosa Levenia Austin in Victoria in 1916. (Note: Middle name “Levenia” as listed on Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages website. Her name listed on her headstone is “Rosa Lavinia Little”) .
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 17th January, 1916 as a 24 year old, married, Miner from Berringa, Victoria.
Private Horace Sago, Service number 4217, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 7th March, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 21st Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements.
[NOTE: A birth was registered in Victoria in 1916 for Horace Sago, son of Rose Lavenia & Horace Kirkpatrick Sago at Berringa, Victoria (names as listed on Victorian B.D. & M’s website). He was born on 2nd April, 1916. Family Trees on Ancestry list his name as Horace Kirkpatrick Sago.]
On 9th May, 1916 Private Sago proceeded from Alexandria on Scotian to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 18th May, 1916. Private Sago was taken on strength of 2nd Divisional Base Depot on 5th June, 1916. He joined 21st Battalion in France on 4th August, 1916.
Private Horace Sago was wounded in France on 24th August, 1916. He was admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station on 24th August, 1916 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s). Private Sago was transferred & admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne, France on 27th August, 1916 with shrapnel wound/s to left Buttock. He embarked for England on 28th August, 1916 on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel.
From the War Diary of 21st Battalion during the period 22nd – 26th August: 3 officers & 34 Other ranks were killed. 7 Officers & 213 Other ranks were wounded & 3 Officers & 131 Other ranks were declared Missing.
On 29th August, 1916 Private Sago was admitted to 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds, England with shrapnel wounds to Buttock.
Private Horace Sago died at 3.45 am on 26th November, 1916 at 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds, England from wounds received in action in France – G.S.W Hip joint & (secondary) Haemorrhage.
He was buried Lawnswood Cemetery, West Yorkshire, England – Grave No. 394 Section W. This section no longer has headstones but their names are recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall in Lawnswood Cemetery, West Yorkshire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lawnswood.html
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