SUNDERLAND, Saville George
Service Number: | 711 |
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Enlisted: | 23 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Queenstown, Victoria, 1889 |
Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Queenstown State School |
Occupation: | Bootmaker |
Died: | Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Malta, 29 September 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Grave B. XVII. 4. INSCRIPTION WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVED THEE BEST GOOD NIGHT MOTHER |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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10 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 711, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' |
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10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 711, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
15 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 711, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and the son of Laura Anne Sunderland, of 58, Westgarth, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, and the late Thomas Saville Sunderland.
Biography
"...711 Private Saville George Sunderland, 24th Battalion, of Fitzroy, Vic. Pte Sunderland enlisted on 23 March 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 8 May 1915. He died of wounds 29 September 1915, and was buried at Malta." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)