Swen Addvin SANDSTROM

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SANDSTROM, Swen Addvin

Service Number:	464
Enlisted:	12 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 1880
Home Town:	Wooroloo, Mundaring, Western Australia
Schooling:	Rhylstone Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wooroloo Rifle Club WW1 Roll of Honor Board 1

World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 464, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
1 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Prior to embarking
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 464, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), On embarking
12 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 464, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Embarked for Lemnos
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 464, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in Action-- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 464 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Roland and Hannah Sandstrom of Sydney, NSW. Brother of Malcolm Sandstrom of Government Railways, York, WA

Husband of Lena Sandstrom of Wooroloo, WA later of Dapto, NSW. It is thought that she left several places of employment due to an alcohol problem and is thought to have died prior to the end of the War. There was a child who was born with serious health issues and was not expected to live

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Aslo served in the Boer War with the NSW Mounted Rifles and the 3rd Imperial Bushmen

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Swen Addvin’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record