Herbert (Bert) SALES

SALES, Herbert

Service Number: 1175
Enlisted: 21 August 1914, 3 years in 9th AIR
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Ithica, Queensland, Australia, April 1888
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Paddington, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Australian Remembrance Army is at Toowong Cemetery.

This is one of many WWI civilian granite headstone restorations we completed prior to the establishment of this page. We have often wondered if this WWI veteran is an ancestor of the television presenter Leigh Sales. Maybe a genealogy ‘super sleuth’ can help solve this mystery.

Gnr Herbert Sales has a civilian headstone memorial and not an official military headstone memorial, however, this is no excuse for the headstone of Pte Sales not to be in perfect condition.

In August 2020, we voluntarily restored the civilian granite headstone memorial of Gnr Herbert Sales and his wife May on behalf of the Friends of Toowong Cemetery with permission from Brisbane City Council.

Gnr Herbert SALES
Service Number - 1175
Place of Birth - Brisbane QLD
Place of Enlistment - Enoggera QLD
Next of Kin - (Mother) Elizabeth Sales

Funeral notice:
SALES.—The Relatives & Friends of Mrs. M. Sales, Mr. A. Sales, of 36 Collingwood St., Paddington, Mr. & Mrs. E. Sales, of Sydney, are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved Husband, their Brother & Brother-in-law, Herbert (Bert) Sales, late 9th Battn., Anzac. 1st A.I.F., to leave the Funeral Parlour, 48 Adelaide St., City, This (Tuesday) Afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, for the Toowong Cemetery.
Rest In Peace Pte Herbert Sales and Mrs May Sales.
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