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SADLER, Robert Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX328 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wilga, Western Australia, 1 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 22 May 1960, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX328, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Apr 1940: | Embarked from Fremantle; disembarked Kantara, Egypt on 19 May 1940 | |
| 10 Apr 1941: | Embarked 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Middle East, for service in Greece | |
| 23 May 1941: | Wounded in action and remaining on duty | |
| 4 Jun 1941: | Imprisoned missing in action; officially reported POW 27 Oct 1941; interned Stalag 7a, to 8a on 14 Jun 1943 | |
| 18 Jun 1945: | Embarked from England, having deplaned in UK on 10 May 1945 as recovered POW; disembarked in Sydney, Australia on 24 Jul 1945 and evacuated to Western Australia for rehabilitation treatment | |
| 22 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX328, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
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