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SANDERS, Frederick

Service Numbers:	1185, 1077
Enlisted:	26 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 25 February 1893
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Chideock School, Dorset, England
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli II C 4, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates, Mildura Cenotaph, Unley U.A.O.D. Carstens Lodge No 60 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1185, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1185, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1185, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1077, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1077 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Harold and Catherine SANDERS, Merbein, Victoria.