Saville George SUNDERLAND

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SUNDERLAND, Saville George

Service Number:	711
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
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: ''
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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Biography 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)

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