Stanley John SAWYER MC

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SAWYER, Stanley John

Service Numbers:	Officer, N157030
Enlisted:	6 May 1916
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	20th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 27 October 1891
Home Town:	West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
Schooling:	West Maitland Superior Public School and Maitland Boys' High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Mining Engineer
Died:	Natural causes, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 21 August 1969, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Cremated - ashes scattered
Memorials:	Maitland High School Roll of Honour, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

6 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Tunnelling Companies
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 Dec 1919:	Honoured Military Cross, "The Last Hundred Days", For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the nights of 3rd-4th November, 1918, at Rejet de Beaulieu, where he was detailed to take charge of off-loading, assembling, and despatching to the canal the heavy steel joists and material for constructing a tank bridge. He carried on this work all night under heavy shelling, and so made the material available at the bridge-head.
23 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)

World War 2 Service

23 Mar 1942:	Enlisted N157030
23 Mar 1942:	Enlisted N157030
17 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, N157030, 20th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of T.A. & Elizabeth SAWYER, of 'Clarine' West Mailtand.

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the nights of 3rd-4th November, 1918, at Rejet de Beaulieu, where he was detailed to take charge of off-loading, assembling, and despatching to the canal the heavy steel joists and material for constructing a tank bridge. He carried on this work all night under heavy shelling, and so made the material avaialable at the bridge-head.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 30
Date: 25 March 1920

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