SANDOW, Roy Llewellyn
| Service Numbers: | 1179, 1120 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yacka, South Australia, Australia, 7 May 1884 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Nhill State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 22 September 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXIV, Row C, Grave No. 18A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1179, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1179, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1179, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1120, 5th Infantry Battalion, gunshot wound right foot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Roy Llewellyn Sandow (many variations of the spelling of Llewellyn) was born at Yacka in South Australia during 1884. His Mum died when he was 2 years of age, but his father William Henry Sandow remarried soon after and had another 5 children. The family seemed to have moved to Nhill in Victoria during the 1890’s and that was where Roy attended school. He ended up becoming a baker and manufacturing confectioner.
Roy served at the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915 and suffered a shell wound to his foot on that first day. He served in France and Belgium for most of 1916 and 1917 until the battle of Polygon Wood. 'During the attack on Polygon Wood on 20th September, 1917, Private SANDOW displayed conspicuous gallantry. He was an operator on Amplifier and Power Buzzer Station in a chain of communication and in the enemy barrage he patrolled and repaired lines and earths utterly regardless of personal danger. While in the performance of his duties his leg was shot away. He, however, completed his task. It was largely due to this man's efforts that good communication was maintained.'
Roy Sandow died of his wounds two days later, and was later awarded the Military Medal for the above recommendation.
His half-brother 75 Private Maxwell Jarman Sandow 9th Battalion AIF was killed in action in France 29 May 1916, age 23.
Another brother served and was present at the Anzac Landing, CQMS Charles Clifford Sandow 8th Field Company Engineers, who was sent home in March 1918 by approval of the GOC AIF (Birdwood). Another brother, Hartley Reynolds Sandow, served with the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company and was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal.
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