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SANDS, Charles Roy

Service Number:	6608
Enlisted:	22 May 1916, Sale, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bruthen, Vic., 1895
Home Town:	Buchan South, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	29 March 1962, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row CO, Grave 25
Memorials:	Buchan South War Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6608, 6th Infantry Battalion, Sale, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6608, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6608, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Charles Gregory Board SANDS and Sarah Ann nee CROSS, Yolla, Tas.