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SANDERCOCK, Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2833 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 July 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Pinda, Morchard, South Australia, 25 July 1881 |
| Home Town: | Wagin, Wagin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Private School; Gawler Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Camiers, France, 14 October 1917, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXX, Row D, Grave 2A Headstone inscription reads; The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away Commemorated in the Willaston, Cemetery, Gawler SA, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2833, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2833, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2833, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2833, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Severe gunshot wound to the scalp | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2833, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, Multiple gunshot wounds to the eye, shoulder and ulna | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 2833, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2833 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-14 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Sarah Anthony (nee White) Sandercock; brother of Edmund Sandercock, Arthur Sandercock, Gilbert Sandercock, Ada May Sandercock,
Medals: 1914-15. Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to enlistment he owned his own farming property atg Wigan, WA