Hector Alfred SADLER

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SADLER, Hector Alfred

Service Number:	9065
Enlisted:	14 July 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1892
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Swanston Street State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 30 July 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Geelong St. Matthew's Anglican Church Hec SADLER Memorial Plaque, Geelong Corio Bay Rowing Club Honor Roll, Geelong East St Matthew's Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 9065, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
16 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 9065, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
16 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 9065, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
30 Jul 1916:	Involvement Driver, 9065, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 9065 awm_unit: 106th Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1916-07-30

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Hector Sadler was married to Daisy in Geelong in 1915. He became father to a little girl, Gwyneth, born 2 weeks before he died on 30 July 1916. Hector's older brother, Henry Sadler 8th Battalion AIF, died at Gallipoli on the 1 May 1915.

SADLER.-A tribute of love to the memory of our esteemed workmate, Private Hector Sadler, who was killed in action in France on July 30th, 1916.

Sweet, is the memory left behind

Of one so noble, true, and kind;

His fight is fought, he stood the test.

We'll always remember him as one of the best.

-Inserted by E. A. Searle and employees.

Geelong Advertiser 13 September 1916.

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