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SANDS, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2753 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1916, Enlisted Rochester Victoria allocated to 6th reinforcement’s 60th Battalion at Bendigo Camp Victoria on 25th September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 27 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Rochester, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Coach Painter |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1961, aged 64 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Rochester Victoria allocated to 6th reinforcement’s 60th Battalion at Bendigo Camp Victoria on 25th September 1916 | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2753, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2753, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Farm UK on establishment of Unit | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 37th Infantry Battalion in the field France | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 37th Infantry Battalion, Evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence Gas Poisoning and Diarrhoea | |
| 10 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 37th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Gas poisoning for discharge on HT Somali | |
| 29 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Gas poisoning debility |
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