Thomas Radford SAGE

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SAGE, Thomas Radford

Service Number:	956
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Angaston, South Australia, Australia, 20 October 1889
Home Town:	Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia
Schooling:	Angaston Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Horticulturalist
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Artillery Road Plot 5, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Angaston Congregational Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Curlwaa Honor Roll WW1, Curlwaa Memorial Gates and flagpole, Curlwaa Memorial Hall, Mildura Cenotaph, Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1, Port Lincoln Garden of Remembrance, Wentworth War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 956, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 956, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 956, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 956 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Thomas Radford Sage’s headstone in the Shell Green Cemetery has the epitaph “How can man die better, than facing fearful odds.”

It is taken from a poem called “Horatius” written by Thomas Babington Macauley in 1842. Horatius was a Roman warrior who single-handedly defended a bridge from invaders.

Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate:

‘To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late.

And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds,

For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods.'

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Sam and Helen SAGE of Waikerie, SA

Residents of Port Lincoln will be grieved to hear of the death of Mr Thomas Radford Sage, son of Mr and Mrs T. Sage of Port Lincoln, who was killed in action in the Dardanelles during last week. The deceased was unmarried, and 25 years of age. He was born at Angaston, but spent most of his early days in Lincoln, and at one time was employed in the Forest Department. Latterly he was engaged in fruit growing at Wentworth, and was a sergeant of the Legion of Frontiermen, and volunteered early for the war— joining the Victorian contingent, which was the first to leave Australia for Egypt Mr Sage had made himself very popular in Wentworth. He was an enthusiast in cricket, football, &c., and will be sadly missed by his comrades and friends. The deceased's brother in N.S.W. received a private cable during the last week from Tom's chum, acquainting him of his death while in action in the Dardanelles.
Great sympathy is felt for the parents and family, most of whom reside in Port Lincoln.

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