William John SAYERS

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Service Number:	754
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Long Gully, Victoria, Australia, March 1886
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber yardsman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 27
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 754, Bendigo, Victoria
22 Aug 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 754, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 754, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 754, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 754 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Brothers:

2242 Pte Harold Garnet SAYERS, 60th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 December 1917;

1831 Pte Steven Alexander SAYERS, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 7 November 1915.