SALES, Herbert
| Service Number: | 1175 |
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| 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 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1175, 9th Infantry Battalion, 3 years in 9th AIR | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1175, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1175, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 19 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
| 26 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1175, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Passchendaele, SW to both legs, back, shoulder and left arm | |
| 22 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1175, 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
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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.
Lest We Forget
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