SANDERS, Jack
| Service Number: | 2874 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ilfracombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Grave XXXV. G. 11. INSCRIPTION IN JESU'S KEEPING WRAPPED IN SLEEP , Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2874, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2874, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 21 and the son of Mrs. Ethel Symons, of 8, Wilder Rd., Ilfracombe, Devon, England, and the late George Sanders, late of High Street, Ilfracombe.
He is remembered on the Ilfracombe War Memorials-the town of his birth.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1896 Sanders Jack Barnstaple 5b 453.
He is one of two Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on both Ilfracombe War Memorials, the other being Company Sergeant Major Frederick Malcolm Thomas Service Number 2016 of the 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Son of John and Louisa Thomas. Born in Kingsbridge in 1890. Died 27 February 1917 aged 27. (He worked a farm on his own at Chambercombe before he left for Australia.)
ILFRACOMBE WAR MEMORIAL-Grade II This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England.
E M COURTENAY POLLOCK RBA RBS (Sculptor)
Unveiled and dedicated on 11th November 1924.
Garden of Remembrance
Between Church Road and Church Hill, Ilfracombe,
North Devon, Devon, EX34 8BL, England.
Bronze figure of Victory surmounting a Tuscan column and granite plinth, on a two stepped base. There are brass plaques with names for the First World War on the sides of the plinth, and the main dedication is laid with lead lettering on the front face of the upper base.
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